Embraer S.A 6-K, filed Feb 11, 2025
Embraer S.A. (EMBJ)
About this 6-K
Embraer S.A filed this 6-K on February 11, 2025.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of February 2025
Commission File Number: 001-15102
Embraer S.A.
Avenida Dra. Ruth Cardoso, 8501,
30th floor (part), Pinheiros, São Paulo, SP, 05425-070, Brazil
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐
This report and exhibits are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form F-3 of Embraer S.A. (No. 333-284698) and Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V. (No. 333-284698-01), and shall be deemed to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is furnished to the SEC, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: February 11, 2025
| Embraer S.A. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Antonio Carlos Garcia | |||
| Name: | Antonio Carlos Garcia | |||
| Title: | Executive Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations | |||
Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION VERSION
Dated as of February 11, 2025
INDENTURE
between
EMBRAER NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V.,
as Company
and
EMBRAER S.A.,
as Guarantor
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
as Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent
Table of Contents
| Page | ||||||||
| ARTICLE I Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application |
1 | |||||||
| Section 1.1 |
Definitions |
1 | ||||||
| Section 1.2 |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
10 | ||||||
| Section 1.3 |
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
11 | ||||||
| Section 1.4 |
Acts of Holders; Record Dates |
11 | ||||||
| Section 1.5 |
Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantor |
13 | ||||||
| Section 1.6 |
Notice to Holders; Waiver |
14 | ||||||
| Section 1.7 |
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
15 | ||||||
| Section 1.8 |
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
15 | ||||||
| Section 1.9 |
Successors and Assigns |
15 | ||||||
| Section 1.10 |
Separability Clause |
15 | ||||||
| Section 1.11 |
Benefits of Indenture |
15 | ||||||
| Section 1.12 |
Governing Law |
15 | ||||||
| Section 1.13 |
Legal Holidays |
16 | ||||||
| Section 1.14 |
Consent to Service; Jurisdiction |
16 | ||||||
| Section 1.15 |
Language of Notices, Etc. |
16 | ||||||
| ARTICLE II Security Forms |
17 | |||||||
| Section 2.1 |
Forms Generally |
17 | ||||||
| Section 2.2 |
Form of Legend for Global Security |
17 | ||||||
| Section 2.3 |
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication |
18 | ||||||
| ARTICLE III The Securities |
18 | |||||||
| Section 3.1 |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
18 | ||||||
| Section 3.2 |
Denominations |
20 | ||||||
| Section 3.3 |
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
20 | ||||||
| Section 3.4 |
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
22 | ||||||
| Section 3.5 |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
25 | ||||||
| Section 3.6 |
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
26 | ||||||
| Section 3.7 |
Persons Deemed Owners |
27 | ||||||
| Section 3.8 |
Cancellation |
27 | ||||||
| Section 3.9 |
Computation of Interest |
27 | ||||||
| Section 3.10 |
CUSIP or “ISIN” Numbers |
27 | ||||||
| ARTICLE IV Satisfaction and Discharge |
27 | |||||||
| Section 4.1 |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
27 | ||||||
| Section 4.2 |
Application of Trust Money |
28 | ||||||
| ARTICLE V Remedies |
29 | |||||||
| Section 5.1 |
Events of Default |
29 | ||||||
| Section 5.2 |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
30 | ||||||
| Section 5.3 |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
31 | ||||||
| Section 5.4 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
31 | ||||||
| Section 5.5 |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
32 | ||||||
(i)
Table of Contents
| Page | ||||||||
| Section 5.6 |
Application of Money Collected |
32 | ||||||
| Section 5.7 |
Limitation on Suits |
32 | ||||||
| Section 5.8 |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
33 | ||||||
| Section 5.9 |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
33 | ||||||
| Section 5.10 |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
33 | ||||||
| Section 5.11 |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
33 | ||||||
| Section 5.12 |
Control by Holders |
33 | ||||||
| Section 5.13 |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
34 | ||||||
| Section 5.14 |
Undertaking for Costs |
34 | ||||||
| Section 5.15 |
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws |
34 | ||||||
| ARTICLE VI The Trustee |
35 | |||||||
| Section 6.1 |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities |
35 | ||||||
| Section 6.2 |
Notice of Default; Potential Default |
35 | ||||||
| Section 6.3 |
Certain Rights of Trustee |
35 | ||||||
| Section 6.4 |
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
37 | ||||||
| Section 6.5 |
May Hold Securities |
38 | ||||||
| Section 6.6 |
Money Held in Trust |
38 | ||||||
| Section 6.7 |
Compensation and Reimbursement |
38 | ||||||
| Section 6.8 |
Conflicting Interests |
39 | ||||||
| Section 6.9 |
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility |
39 | ||||||
| Section 6.10 |
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
39 | ||||||
| Section 6.11 |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
40 | ||||||
| Section 6.12 |
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
41 | ||||||
| Section 6.13 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
42 | ||||||
| Section 6.14 |
Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
42 | ||||||
| Section 6.15 |
Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company or the Guarantor |
43 | ||||||
| ARTICLE VII Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company |
43 | |||||||
| Section 7.1 |
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
43 | ||||||
| Section 7.2 |
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders |
44 | ||||||
| Section 7.3 |
Reports by Trustee |
44 | ||||||
| ARTICLE VIII Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease |
44 | |||||||
| Section 8.1 |
Company and Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms |
44 | ||||||
| Section 8.2 |
Successor Substituted |
45 | ||||||
| Section 8.3 |
Right to Redemption |
45 | ||||||
| ARTICLE IX Supplemental Indentures |
45 | |||||||
| Section 9.1 |
Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders |
45 | ||||||
| Section 9.2 |
Supplemental Indentures or Waiver with Consent of Holders |
47 | ||||||
| Section 9.3 |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
48 | ||||||
(ii)
Table of Contents
| Page | ||||||||
| Section 9.4 |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
48 | ||||||
| Section 9.5 |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
48 | ||||||
| Section 9.6 |
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
48 | ||||||
| Section 9.7 |
Effect of Waiver |
48 | ||||||
| ARTICLE X Covenants |
49 | |||||||
| Section 10.1 |
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest |
49 | ||||||
| Section 10.2 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
49 | ||||||
| Section 10.3 |
Money for Security Payments To Be Held in Trust |
49 | ||||||
| Section 10.4 |
Statement by Officers as to Default |
50 | ||||||
| Section 10.5 |
Reports by Company and Guarantor |
51 | ||||||
| Section 10.6 |
Limitation on Liens |
51 | ||||||
| Section 10.7 |
Payment of Additional Amounts |
51 | ||||||
| Section 10.8 |
Indemnification of Judgment Currency |
55 | ||||||
| Section 10.9 |
Further Acts |
55 | ||||||
| Section 10.10 |
Securities held by the Company, the Guarantor, etc. |
56 | ||||||
| Section 10.11 |
Status of Guarantees and Securities |
56 | ||||||
| Section 10.12 |
Maintenance of Corporate Existence |
56 | ||||||
| Section 10.13 |
Maintenance of Insurance |
56 | ||||||
| Section 10.14 |
Payment of Taxes |
56 | ||||||
| Section 10.15 |
Ownership of the Company and Payment of Expenses |
57 | ||||||
| Section 10.16 |
Additional Limitations on the Company |
57 | ||||||
| ARTICLE XI Redemption of Securities |
58 | |||||||
| Section 11.1 |
Right of Redemption |
58 | ||||||
| Section 11.2 |
Notice of Redemption |
59 | ||||||
| Section 11.3 |
Deposit of Redemption Price |
60 | ||||||
| Section 11.4 |
Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
60 | ||||||
| Section 11.5 |
Securities Redeemed in Part |
60 | ||||||
| ARTICLE XII Guarantees |
61 | |||||||
| Section 12.1 |
The Guarantees |
61 | ||||||
| Section 12.2 |
Guarantees Unconditional |
61 | ||||||
| Section 12.3 |
Discharge; Reinstatement |
62 | ||||||
| Section 12.4 |
Waiver by the Guarantor |
62 | ||||||
| Section 12.5 |
Subrogation and Contribution |
62 | ||||||
| Section 12.6 |
Stay of Acceleration |
62 | ||||||
| Section 12.7 |
Execution and Delivery of Guarantees |
62 | ||||||
| ARTICLE XIII Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance |
63 | |||||||
| Section 13.1 |
Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
63 | ||||||
| Section 13.2 |
Defeasance and Discharge |
63 | ||||||
| Section 13.3 |
Covenant Defeasance |
63 | ||||||
| Section 13.4 |
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
64 | ||||||
(iii)
Table of Contents
| Page | ||||||||
| Section 13.5 |
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions |
65 | ||||||
| Section 13.6 |
Reinstatement |
66 | ||||||
| Section 13.7 |
Electronic Signatures | 66 | ||||||
(iv)
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Section 310
through 318, inclusive, of the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
| TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION |
INDENTURE SECTION | |
| §310(a)(1) | 6.9 | |
| (a)(2) | 6.9 | |
| (a)(3) | Not Applicable | |
| (a)(4) | Not Applicable | |
| (a)(5) | 6.9 | |
| (b) | 6.8 | |
| 6.10 | ||
| §311(a) | 6.13 | |
| (b) | 6.13 | |
| §312(a) | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 | ||
| (b) | 7.2 | |
| (c) | 7.2 | |
| §313(a) | 7.3 | |
| (b) | 7.3 | |
| (c)(1) | 7.3 | |
| (c)(2) | 7.3 | |
| (c)(3) | 7.3 | |
| (d) | 7.3 | |
| §314(a) | 10.5 | |
| (b) | 10.5 | |
| (c) | 10.5 | |
| (d) | 10.5 | |
| §315(a) | 6.1 | |
| (b) | 6.2 | |
| (c) | 6.1 | |
| (d) | 6.1 | |
| (e) | 5.14 | |
| §316(a)(1)(A) | 5.12 | |
| (a)(1)(B) | 5.13 | |
| (a)(2) | Not Applicable | |
| (b) | 5.8 | |
| (c) | 1.4 | |
| §317(a)(1) | 5.3 | |
| (a)(2) | 5.4 | |
| (b) | 10.3 | |
| §318(a) | 1.7 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.
INDENTURE, dated as of February 11, 2025, (the “Indenture”) among EMBRAER NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at Jachthavenweg 109 C, 1081 KM Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EMBRAER S.A., a company (sociedade anônima) duly organized and existing under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (herein called the “Guarantor”), having its principal office at Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2170, 12227-901 São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal corporate trust office at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the sale in one or more offerings of debt securities of the Company guaranteed by the Guarantor (herein called collectively the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more tranches of one or more series as in this Indenture provided; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and binding legal obligation of the Company and the Guarantor according to its terms have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
It is hereby covenanted and agreed that the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are issued, authenticated, delivered and accepted by all Persons who shall from time to time be or become the Holders thereof (each as defined below), which said terms and conditions the Trustee hereby accepts and agrees to discharge pursuant to the terms hereof, are as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
1.1.1 the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
1.1.2 terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act (as defined below), either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
1.1.3 all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with international financial reporting standards, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the terms “generally accepted accounting principles” or “IFRS” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted under IFRS at the date of such computation;
1.1.4 unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “ Section” refers to an Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
1.1.5 unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a statute, rule or regulation refers to the same (including any successor statute, rule or regulation thereto) as it may be amended from time to time; and
1.1.6 the words “herein”, “hereof” and “ hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
“Act” means, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.
“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7.1.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, (i) any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person or (ii) any other Person who is a director or officer (a) of such specified Person, (b) of any Subsidiary of such specified Person or (c) of any Person described in clause (i) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent Members” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.5.
“Agents” means the Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent, authentication agent, or any agent acting hereunder.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to the Depositary, at any matter at any time, the policies and procedures of the Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such time.
“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
“Bankruptcy Law” means (i) Title 11, United States Code or any similar U.S. federal or state law for the relief of debtors or the administration or liquidation of debtors’ estates for the benefit of their creditors, (ii) the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law or any similar Brazilian federal or state law for the relief of debtors or the administration or liquidation of debtors’ estates for the benefit of their creditors and (iii) the Dutch bankruptcy law or any other similar Dutch or other law for the relief of debtors or the administration or liquidation of debtors’ estates for the benefit of their creditors.
“Board of Directors” means, as the case may be, the Board of Directors of the Company or the Board of Directors of the Guarantor (Conselho de Administração) or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors.
2
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or another director or Officer performing corporate secretarial functions of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.
“Brazil” means the Federative Republic of Brazil.
“Brazilian Bankruptcy Law” means Brazilian Federal Law No. 11,101/05.
“Brazilian Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7.1.
“Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, the City of São Paulo, Brazil or the Netherlands are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation which is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the face of a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with IFRS; the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with IFRS; and the Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
“Clearstream Luxembourg” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.5.
“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a Person shall have become a successor thereto pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by any two of its directors or officers in accordance with its Articles of Association and delivered to the Trustee.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered which office as of the date hereof is located at 240 Greenwich Street, Floor 7E, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Global Finance Americas.
“Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.6.
3
“Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company, or such other depository institution hereafter appointed by the Company, until a Person shall have become a successor thereto pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean such successor Depositary
“Dollar” and “US$” mean a U.S. dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
“Dutch Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7.1.
“Electronic Means” shall mean the following communications methods: e-mail, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.
“Euroclear” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.5.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.
“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.7.
“Foreign Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7.1.
“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and is authenticated and delivered to, and registered in the name of, the Depositary for Securities of such series or a nominee thereof.
“Guarantor” means the Person named as the “Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a Person shall have become a successor thereto pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean such Person.
“Guarantees” means the unconditional and irrevocable guarantee of the Securities by the Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture.
“Hedging Agreement” means (i) any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or (ii) any foreign exchange forward contract, currency swap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
“Holder” means, with respect to any Security, a Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security Register.
“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), as in effect from time to time.
4
“Illegality Event” means an event as a result of which it becomes and continues to be unlawful for the Company or the Guarantor to perform or comply with any one or more of its obligations under this Indenture, the Securities or the Guarantee.
“Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, any amount payable (whether as a direct obligation or indirectly through a guaranty by such Person) pursuant to (i) an agreement or instrument involving or evidencing money borrowed, (ii) a conditional sale or a transfer with recourse or with an obligation to repurchase or (iii) a Capitalized Lease Obligation, provided, however, that as used in Section 5.1.4, “Indebtedness” shall not include any payment made by the Guarantor on behalf of an Affiliate, upon any Indebtedness of such Affiliate becoming immediately due and payable as a result of a default by such Affiliate, pursuant to a guarantee or similar instrument provided by the Guarantor in connection with such Indebtedness, provided that such payment made by the Guarantor is made within five Business Days of notice being provided to the Guarantor that payment is due under such guarantee or similar instrument.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of the particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1.
“Interest Payment Date” means, when used with respect to any Security, the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Investment Company Act” has the meaning specified in Section 10.16.3.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.8.
“Lien” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, hypothecation, security interest or other encumbrance, including, without limitation, any equivalent of the foregoing created under the laws of the Netherlands, Brazil or any other jurisdiction.
“Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security, the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, exercise of repurchase right or otherwise.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 6.2.
“Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the president, vice-president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer or any other executive officer performing decision-making functions for such Person (including, in the case of the Guarantor, any member of its Board of Executive Officers (Diretoria)).
5
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two Officers, directors or representatives of the Company in accordance with its Articles of Association and any two Officers or representatives of the Guarantor in accordance with its bylaws (estatuto social), and in each case delivered to the Trustee; provided, however, that one of the Officers signing the Officers’ Certificate of the Guarantor pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be the chief executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Guarantor.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who, unless otherwise indicated, may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
“Outstanding” means, when used with respect to the Securities, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment, redemption or repurchase money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption shall have been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made; and
(iii) Securities (except to the extent provided in Section 13.2) with respect to which the Company has effected legal defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article XIII.
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.5 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, Securities owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or of such other obligor.
6
“Paying Agent” means any Person (i) having a combined capital and surplus of not less than US$50,000,000 and (ii) subject to supervision or examination by U.S. federal or state authority, that is authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Permitted Lien” means, with respect to any series of Securities issued hereunder, any Lien:
(i) granted upon or with regard to any property acquired after the date of this Indenture by the Guarantor, to secure the purchase price of such property or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such property; provided, however, that the maximum amount secured thereby shall not exceed the purchase price of such property or the Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such property;
(ii) in existence on the date of this Indenture and any extension, renewal or replacement thereof; provided, however, that the total amount of Indebtedness so secured shall not exceed the amount so secured on the date of this Indenture;
(iii) arising in the ordinary course of business of the Guarantor in connection with the financing of any aircraft owned by the Guarantor that is leased to another Person; provided, however, that such Lien is limited to such aircraft;
(iv) arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business of the Company or the Guarantor;
(v) with respect to taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges or claims not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, diligently conducted, for which appropriate reserves have been established to the extent required by and in accordance with IFRS;
(vi) arising in the ordinary course of the business of the Company or the Guarantor in connection with the financing of export, import or other trade related transactions of the Company or the Guarantor;
(vii) granted upon or with regard to any present or future asset or property of in respect of Indebtedness of the Guarantor which is owed to (a) any Brazilian governmental credit agency (including, but not limited to the Brazilian National Treasury, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social, BNDES Participações S.A., Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos and Agência Especial de Financiamento Industrial); (b) any international official export import bank or official export import credit insurer; or (c) the International Finance Corporation or any international multilateral or government sponsored agency;
(viii) (a) existing with respect to any assets of a Person at the time such Person is merged or consolidated with or into the Company or the Guarantor (and such Lien is not incurred in anticipation of such transaction), provided that such Lien is not extended to any asset of the Company or the Guarantor other than the assets of such Person affected thereby prior to giving effect to such merger or consolidation, (b) existing on any assets at the time
7
of the acquisition thereof (and not incurred in anticipation of such transaction), and (c) to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or exchange (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding or exchanges), in whole or in part, of or for any Indebtedness secured by Liens referred to above, provided that such Liens do not extend to any other property;
(ix) created pursuant to any order of attachment or similar legal process arising in connection with court proceedings which are being contested by the Company or the Guarantor in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(x) on any property or assets in connection with Indebtedness related to any regulated program for industrial or defense development related to the activities performed by the Guarantor imposed or entered into as a result of the regulations or requirements of an applicable governmental authority; provided, however, that such Lien is limited to such property or assets associated with such regulated program;
(xi) existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or the Guarantor and not created in contemplation of such acquisition;
(xii) created over funds reserved for the payment of principal, interest and premium, if any, and any Additional Amounts, due in respect of the Securities of any series issued by the Company or the Guarantor;
(xiii) arising from Capitalized Lease Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business; or
(xiv) granted after the date of this Indenture upon or in respect of any asset of the Guarantor other than those referred to above, provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured pursuant to this exception shall not, on the date any such Indebtedness is incurred, exceed an amount equal to 10% of the Guarantor’s shareholders’ equity (calculated on the basis of the Guarantor’s latest quarterly unaudited or annual audited consolidated financial statements whichever is the most recently prepared in accordance with IFRS and currency exchange rates prevailing on the last day of the period covered by such financial statements).
“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment” means, when used with respect to the Securities of any series and subject to Section 10.2, the place or places where the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.6.
“Predecessor Security” means, with respect to any particular Security, every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.5 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
8
“Redemption Date” means, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price” means, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture as set forth in such Security, such calculation to be made by the Company.
“Regular Record Date” means, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series, the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.5.
“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction” has the meaning specified in Section 10.7.1.
“Repurchase Date” means, when used with respect to any Security to be repurchased, the date fixed for such repurchase by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Repurchase Price” means, when used with respect to any Security to be repurchased, the price at which it is to be repurchased pursuant to this Indenture as set forth in such Security.
“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under applicable law, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. All references herein to the Securities shall be deemed to include the Guarantees of the Securities, which is an integral part thereof.
“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.
“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.4.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Guarantor which at the time of determination either (i) had assets which, as of the date of the Guarantor’s most recent unaudited quarterly or audited annual consolidated balance sheet, constituted at least 10% of the Guarantor’s total assets on a consolidated basis as of such date or (ii) had revenues for the 12 month period ending on the date of the Guarantor’s most recent unaudited quarterly or audited annual consolidated statement of income which constituted at least 10% of the Guarantor’s total revenues on a consolidated basis for such period.
9
“Special Record Date” means, for the payment of any Defaulted Interest, a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.6.1.
“Specified Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.8.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc., and its successors.
“Stated Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of interest thereon, the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) the Guarantor, (ii) the Guarantor and one or more Subsidiaries of the Guarantor or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of the Guarantor.
“Successor Jurisdiction” means the jurisdiction, other than Brazil or the Netherlands, in which a Successor Person is incorporated or considered to be resident.
“Successor Person” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.1.
“Transfer” of any Security means any sale, pledge, transfer, hypothecation or other disposition of such Security or any interest therein.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any successor statute thereto.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a Person shall have become a successor thereto pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that (i) is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, (ii) has a combined capital and surplus of at least US$50,000,000, (iii) is subject to supervision or examination by U.S. federal or state authority and (v) has its Corporate Trust Office in the United States.
“United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America (including the States thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required hereunder and under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, or an Opinion of Counsel, respectively, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
10
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include,
1.2.1 a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
1.2.2 a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
1.2.3 a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
1.2.4 a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate of the Company or the Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officers or directors know, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which the certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or the Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.4 Acts of Holders; Record Dates
1.4.1 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
11
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company and the Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.4.1.
1.4.2 The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
1.4.3 The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
1.4.4 Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
1.4.5 The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in Section 1.4.6. If any record date is set pursuant to this Section 1.4.5, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this Section 1.4.5 shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this Section 1.4.5 (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this Section 1.4.5 shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this Section 1.4.5, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.
12
1.4.6 The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.2, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.7.2 or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, in each case with respect to the Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this Section 1.4.6, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this Section 1.4.6 shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and without any action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), nor shall anything in this Section 1.4.6 be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this Section 1.4.6, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.
1.4.7 With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.4, the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day, provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.4.7, the party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this Section 1.4.7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section 1.5 Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company and Guarantor. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
1.5.1 the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing, which may be by other electronic transmission, to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
13
1.5.2 (i) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or other electronic transmission to both the Company and the Guarantor and (ii) the Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or other electronic transmission to both the Guarantor and the Company, in either case addressed to it at the address specified below or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company or the Guarantor:
To the Company and the Guarantor:
Embraer S.A.
Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2170
12227-901 São José dos Campos, São Paulo
Brazil
Attention: Antonio Carlos Garcia
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
Telephone: 55-11-3040-9517
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Tobias Stirnberg
Milbank LLP
Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 4100
04538-132 São Paulo, São Paulo
Brazil
The Trustee may rely upon and comply with instructions or directions sent by an authorized representative of the Company or the Guarantor via unsecured email transmission and the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense of any kind incurred by the Company or the Guarantor due to the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with instructions or directions given by unsecured email transmission, provided, however, that such losses have not arisen from the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee. The Trustee may request that the Company or the Guarantor deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing, which may be by electronic transmission, or mailed by first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
14
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.6, in case any series of Securities are listed on any securities exchange, a notice to holders of such Securities given in accordance with the rules and procedures of such securities exchange shall be regarded as a valid notice under this section 1.6. In addition, if any series of Securities are held as a Global Security, notices will be delivered in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
Section 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.9 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company or the Guarantor shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO (BUT, FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, NOT INCLUDING THE HOLDERS OF THE NOTES) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
15
Section 1.13 Legal Holidays. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 3.1, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, as the case may be; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to the next Business Day.
Section 1.14 Consent to Service; Jurisdiction. The Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, and the Company and the Guarantor agree that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities may be instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in respect of actions brought against each such party as a defendant, and each waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such legal suit, action or proceeding, waives any immunity, to the extent permitted by law, from jurisdiction or to service of process in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding, waives any right to which it may be entitled on account of place of residence or domicile and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company and the Guarantor further submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of their own corporate domiciles in any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Securities. The Company and the Guarantor hereby designate and appoint Cogency Global Inc., located at 122 East 42th Street, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10168, as their authorized agent upon which process may be served in any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Securities, which may be instituted in any federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, and agree that service of process upon such agent, and written notice of said service to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, by the Person serving the same, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company or the Guarantor in any such suit, action or proceeding. If for any reason Cogency Global Inc. (or any successor agent for this purpose) shall cease to act as agent for service of process as provided above, the Company and the Guarantor will promptly appoint a successor agent for this purpose reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The Company and the Guarantor agree to take any and all actions as may be necessary to maintain such designation and appointment of such agent in full force and effect.
Section 1.15 Language of Notices, Etc.. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
16
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
Section 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially such form as shall be approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary thereof or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers or, in the case of the Company, its directors or Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is approved by a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or another Officer or, in the case of the Company, a director, performing corporate secretarial functions, and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officers, or, in the case of the Company, directors or Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.2 Form of Legend for Global Security. The following legends shall appear on the face of each Global Security:
“THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR REGISTERED SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES REFERRED TO IN SECTION 3.4.2. OF THE INDENTURE, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.”
The following legend shall appear on the face of each Global Security for which The Depository Trust Company is to be the Depositary:
“UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
17
Section 2.3 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: [ ]
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Officer | ||
ARTICLE III
The Securities
Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more tranches of one or more series. The issuance of Securities shall be approved in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
3.1.1 the title of the Securities, including CUSIP Numbers, of such series (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from Securities of any other series);
3.1.2 any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 9.6 or 11.5 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
3.1.3 the Person to whom any interest on a Security of such series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
3.1.4 the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of such series is payable;
3.1.5 the rate or rates at which the Securities of such series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
18
3.1.6 the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series shall be payable and the manner in which any payment may be made;
3.1.7 the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
3.1.8 the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of such series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of such series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
3.1.9 the rights, if any, of the Holders of the series to demand exchange of their Securities for Securities subject to a registration statement under the Securities Act declared effective by the SEC;
3.1.10 if other than denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which Securities of such series shall be issuable;
3.1.11 if the amount of payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities of such series may be determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
3.1.12 if the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities of such series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made;
3.1.13 if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of such series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;
3.1.14 any collateral or other security pledged against payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on the Securities;
3.1.15 the applicability, non-applicability, or variation, of Section 10.7 with respect to the Securities of such series;
3.1.16 if and as applicable, that the Securities of such series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 3.4 in which any such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer may be registered;
19
3.1.17 the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities are convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities;
3.1.18 any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article 10 which applies to the Securities of such series;
3.1.19 the applicability of Article 13 with respect to the Securities of such series; and
3.1.20 any other terms of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.1.5).
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to issue date, issue price and first payment of interest.
Notwithstanding Section 3.1.2 herein and unless otherwise expressly provided with respect to a series of Securities, the aggregate principal amount of a series of Securities may be increased and additional Securities of such series may be issued up to the maximum aggregate principal amount authorized with respect to such series as increased.
Section 3.2 Denominations. The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.10, only in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any two of its Officers or directors in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Association. The Guarantees on the Securities shall be endorsed on behalf of the Guarantor by any two of its Officers or its attorneys-in-fact in accordance with its bylaws (estatuto social). The signature of any of these directors, Officers or attorneys-in-fact on such Securities or such Guarantees may be manual or electronic.
Securities bearing the manual or electronic signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper Officers or directors of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. Guarantees bearing the manual or electronic endorsement of individuals who were at any time the proper Officers of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of Securities bearing such endorsement or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
20
If an electronic signature will be used for the Securities, each signatory should approve such use of his signature and evidence of such approval may be required for the enforcement of the Securities in the Netherlands. If any of the Securities were executed by attaching thereto the electronic signature of any person who does not hold office at the issue date of such Securities, or if such Securities will be issued on a date on which the person whose electronic signature is attached thereto no longer holds office, it may be necessary for the enforcement of such Securities in the Netherlands that the holder of such Securities shall present both such Securities and evidence of such approval.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company and properly endorsed by the Guarantor to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of such series have been approved by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:
3.3.1 if the form of such Securities has been approved by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has been approved in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
3.3.2 if the terms of such Securities have been approved by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have been approved in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
3.3.3 that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and
3.3.4 that the Guarantees, when the Securities upon which it shall have been endorsed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and when properly endorsed by the Guarantor in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if, in the opinion of counsel to the Trustee, the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture.
21
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.1 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued and in that case the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company and the Guarantor of any of such Securities and the Guarantees, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and this Section, as applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such series.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 3.4 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register for each series of Securities (the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and registering transfers and exchanges of Securities as herein provided. Such Security Register shall be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable period of time. At all reasonable times the Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Company.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, the Company shall execute and the Guarantor shall endorse, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, provided that the Security has been duly surrendered and all relevant conditions precedent have been satisfied, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination or denominations of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.4, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Securities represented thereby, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
At the option of the Holder and subject to the other provisions of this Section 3.4, Securities of any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination or denominations of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose.
22
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and the Guarantor shall endorse, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 9.6 or Section 11.5 not involving any registration of transfer.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar, duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 11.2 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered for such registration of transfer or exchange.
The provisions of Sections 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.5 and 3.4.6 below shall apply only to Global Securities:
3.4.1 Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
3.4.2 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture or the Securities, no Global Security of a series may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security of a series in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof unless (i) the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, at a time when such Depositary is required to be so registered in order to act as depositary, and in each case, a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company
23
receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that individual Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security. In such event the Company will execute and the Guarantor will endorse, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, individual Securities of such series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (i) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Depositary. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security, provided that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.
3.4.3 In any exchange pursuant to Section 3.4.2 above, the Company will execute and the Guarantor will endorse and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver individual Securities in registered form in authorized denominations. Upon the exchange of a Global Security for individual Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Individual Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
If specified by the Company pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 3.4.2 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities of such series on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Guarantor shall endorse, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (i) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new individual Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Persons’ beneficial interest in the Global Security; and (ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of individual Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
3.4.4 In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 3.4.2 above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Securities in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.
3.4.5 Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act (including Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream Luxembourg”) and account holders and participants therein) shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security, or under any Global
24
Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security.
3.4.6 None of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 3.5 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute, the Guarantor shall endorse and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute, the Guarantor shall endorse and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security upon compliance with the foregoing provisions.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 3.5, the Company or the Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 3.5 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 3.5 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
25
Section 3.6 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Section 3.6.1 or Section 3.6.2 below:
3.6.1 The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this Section 3.6.1. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be sent in writing, which may be by electronic transmission, or mailed by first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Section 3.6.2.
3.6.2 The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Section 3.6.2, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.6, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
26
Section 3.7 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due surrender of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.6) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 3.8 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repurchase, registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 3.8, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedures, unless otherwise directed by a Company Order.
Section 3.9 Computation of Interest. Unless otherwise specified under Section 3.1 with respect to the Securities of a particular series, interest on such Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.10 CUSIP or “ISIN” Numbers. The Company, in issuing the Securities, may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
27
4.1.1 either
(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (a) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.5 and (b) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(a) have become due and payable, or
(b) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(c) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i) or (ii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity, Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case may be;
4.1.2 the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
4.1.3 the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 4.1.1 or this Section 4.1.3, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
Section 4.2 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
28
ARTICLE V
Remedies
Section 5.1 Events of Default. “Event of Default” means, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred and be continuing:
5.1.1 The Company or the Guarantor defaults in any payment of interest (including any Additional Amounts) on the Securities of such series when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, and such Default continues for a period of 30 calendar days;
5.1.2 The Company or the Guarantor defaults in the payment of the principal (including premium, if any, and any Additional Amounts) of the Securities of such series when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity;
5.1.3 The Company or the Guarantor fails to comply with any of its covenants or agreements in respect of the Securities of such series (other than those referred to in Sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.2), and such failure continues for 60 calendar days after the notice specified below;
5.1.4 The maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary in a total aggregate principal amount of US$100,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) or more is accelerated in accordance with the terms of such Indebtedness, or the failure by the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary to make payment at maturity of such Indebtedness (after giving effect to any grace period provided in the terms of such Indebtedness), it being understood that prepayment or redemption by the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness is not an acceleration for this purpose;
5.1.5 One or more final judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess of US$100,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) in the aggregate are rendered against the Company, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary and are not paid (whether in full or in installments in accordance with the terms of the judgment) or otherwise discharged and, in the case of each such judgment or decree, either (i) an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree and is not dismissed within 60 days following commencement of such enforcement proceedings or (ii) there is a period of 60 days following such judgment during which such judgment or decree is not discharged, waived or the execution thereof stayed;
5.1.6 The Company, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: (a) commences a voluntary case or files a request or petition for a writ of execution to initiate bankruptcy proceedings or have itself adjudicated as bankrupt; (b) applies for or consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (c) applies for or consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; (d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; (e) proposes or agrees to an accord or composition in bankruptcy between itself and its creditors; or (f) files for a reorganization of its debts (judicial or extrajudicial recovery);
29
5.1.7 A court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: (a) is for relief against the Company, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; (b) appoints a Custodian of the Company, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary; (c) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company, the Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary; (d) adjudicates the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent; (e) ratifies an accord or composition in bankruptcy between the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary and the respective creditors thereof; or (f) grants a judicial or extrajudicial recovery to the Company, the Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
5.1.8 A final judgment or judgments (not subject to appeal) determines the Guarantees of the Securities of such series to be unenforceable or invalid, such Guarantees cease for any reason to be valid and binding or enforceable against the Guarantor, or any person acting on its behalf denies or disaffirms its obligations under such Guarantees; and
5.1.9 An Illegality Event shall have occurred and be continuing;
A Default under Section 5.1.3 is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities notify the Guarantor and the Company (and the Trustee, if the notice is given by the Holders) of the Default and the Guarantor or the Company does not cure, or cause to be cured such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice.
Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1.7) occurs and is continuing with respect to any series of Securities, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on, and any Additional Amounts due with respect to, all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be (and to the Trustee, if the notice is given by the Holders), stating that such notice is an “acceleration notice,” and upon any such declaration such amounts shall become due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1.7 occurs and is continuing, then the principal of and accrued interest on, and any Additional Amounts due with respect to, all the Securities shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article 5, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by written notice to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee may rescind or annul such declaration if:
5.2.1 the Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (i) all overdue interest on Securities of that series, (ii) all unpaid principal of any Securities of that series that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, (iii) to the extent that payment of such interest on the Securities of that series is lawful, interest on such overdue interest, as provided herein (iv) any Additional Amounts due with respect to the Securities of that series and (v) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
30
5.2.2 all Events of Default have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13 other than the nonpayment of principal that has become due solely because of acceleration.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1.1 or Section 5.1.2 occurs, the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, (i) may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, interest on any overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installment of interest, at the rate borne by the Securities, any Additional Amounts due with respect to the Securities and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, (ii) may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and (iii) may enforce the same against the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of that series by any available proceeding at law or in equity, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company or the Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.
31
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.
Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any such Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.6 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.7;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: Any remaining amounts shall be repaid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Securities of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
5.7.1 such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
5.7.2 the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
5.7.3 the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series or other Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
5.7.4 the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
32
5.7.5 no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.6) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repurchase, on the Redemption Date or Repurchase Date, as the case may be), and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.5, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right (subject to the Trustee’s rights under the Indenture, including its right to be indemnified) to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
33
5.12.1 such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
5.12.2 the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
5.12.3 subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability against which indemnity would not be satisfactory.
Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 5.2, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past Event of Default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
5.13.1 in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, or
5.13.2 in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 10 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section 5.14 nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company, the Guarantor, or the Trustee or in any suit to require the Company to repurchase any Security of a series in accordance with its terms.
Section 5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. Each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
34
ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities. The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be set forth explicitly herein or as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1.
Section 6.2 Notice of Default; Potential Default. If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, upon receipt of written notification thereof by a Responsible Officer, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such Default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act (a “Notice of Default”). Specifically, the Trustee shall provide Notice of Default to each Holder promptly, but in no event later than within 15 days of occurrence, and in the manner provided by Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act or any successor section thereto, of any Default of which the Trustee is aware pursuant to Section 6.3.8 hereof. The Trustee shall also provide a notice to each Holder of any claim of Default within 30 days of a Responsible Officer receiving a written assertion of such claim from Holders of no less than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities of such series then Outstanding. For the purpose of this Section 6.2, the term “Default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series. If on the Business Day prior to an Interest Payment Date the Company or the Guarantor has not deposited with the Trustee funds sufficient to pay the interest due on the next Interest Payment Date, then the Trustee shall provide written notice to the Guarantor of such failure.
Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
6.3.1 the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or electronic form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
6.3.2 any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution. Any request or direction of the Guarantor mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a written request or direction signed on behalf of the Guarantor by any two of its Officers or its attorneys-in-fact in accordance with its bylaws (estatuto social);
35
6.3.3 whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
6.3.4 the Trustee may consult with counsel, investment bankers, accountants or other relevant experts of its own choice and the advice of such counsel, banker, accountant or relevant expert or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
6.3.5 the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities or such other Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
6.3.6 the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document in connection with this Indenture, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company and the Guarantor, personally or by agent or attorney and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
6.3.7 the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
6.3.8 the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities unless a written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee by the Company, the Guarantor or any Holder, and such notice references the Securities, the Guarantees and this Indenture;
6.3.9 the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder;
6.3.10 the Trustee may request that the Company or the Guarantor deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers or directors authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;
36
6.3.11 the permissive rights and powers of the Trustee enumerated herein (including any right or power to exercise remedies following an Event of Default) shall not be construed as duties;
6.3.12 in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and
6.3.13 the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fires; floods; wars; civil or military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; pandemics; riots; interruption, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communications service; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority or governmental actions; it being understood that the Trustee shall use its best efforts to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
6.3.14 the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by an officer or officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
6.3.15 the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 5.7 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture; and
6.3.16 If at any time the Trustee is served with any arbitral, judicial or administrative order, judgment, award, decree, writ or other form of arbitral, judicial or administrative process in respect of this Indenture or the Securities, or any parts thereof, funds held by it, (including, but not limited to, orders of attachment or garnishment or other forms of levies or injunctions), it shall (i) forward a copy of such arbitral, judicial or administrative order, judgment, award, decree, writ or other form of arbitral, judicial or administrative process to the Company and (ii) be authorized to comply therewith in any manner as it or its legal counsel of its own choosing deems appropriate; and if the Trustee complies with any such arbitral, judicial or administrative order, judgment, award, decree, writ or other form of arbitral, judicial or administrative process, the Trustee shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or to any other person or entity even though such order, judgment, award, decree, writ or process may be subsequently modified or vacated or otherwise determined to have been without legal force or effect.
Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assume any responsibility for the correctness of the recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company or the Guarantor of such Securities or the proceeds thereof.
37
Section 6.5 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or the Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of the Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company and the Guarantor.
Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement
6.7.1 The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the parties for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust).
6.7.2 The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable and documented expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents, experts and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct.
6.7.3 The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold harmless each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or the Guarantor, a Holder or any other Person) (and including without limitation enforcing the terms of this Indenture and the indemnification provided herein) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1.7, the expenses (including the reasonable and documented charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor under this Section 6.7.3, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities of a series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (premium, if any) or interest on such Securities.
38
The provisions of this Section 6.7.3 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 6.8 Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.
Section 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be a Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that (i) is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such, (ii) has a combined capital and surplus of at least US$50,000,000, (iii) is subject to supervision or examination by U.S. federal or state authority and (v) has its Corporate Trust Office in the United States. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.9 and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.9, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article 6.
Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company and the Guarantor. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 45 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
If at any time:
6.10.1 the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months;
39
6.10.2 the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or
6.10.3 the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, or the Trustee may, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
40
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any of the Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
41
Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer, or partial redemption or pursuant to Section 3.5, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, have a combined capital and surplus of at least US$50,000,000 and be subject to supervision or examination by U.S. federal or state authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 6.14, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 6.14.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided that such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 6.14, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.14, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 6.14.
42
The Company and the Guarantor agree to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 6.14.
If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section 6.14, the Securities may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
“This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| as Authenticating Agent | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Officer” | ||
Section 6.15 Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company or the Guarantor. Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company or the Guarantor may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than five Business Days after the date any officer or director of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, actually receives such application, unless any such officer or director shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
ARTICLE VII
Holders’ Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
7.1.1 semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date with respect to each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date, and
43
7.1.2 at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished.
Section 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
7.2.1 The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
7.2.2 The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
7.2.3 Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within 60 days after each May 15th following the date of this Indenture deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such May 15th, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 8.1 Company and Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall, without the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of each series the Securities in accordance with this Indenture, consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other Person, unless:
8.1.1 the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets (the “Successor Person”) shall expressly assume (via a supplemental indenture), pursuant to this Indenture, the due and punctual repayment of the principal and interest on all the Securities and all other obligations of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, under the Indenture and the Securities, and, in case such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer involves the Company, the Guarantor will expressly reaffirm its obligations under this Indenture;
44
8.1.2 immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default with respect to any Security shall have occurred and be continuing;
8.1.3 the Company and the Guarantor have delivered to the Trustee (i) Officers’ Certificates of the Company and the Guarantor stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and supplemental indenture complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided, which relate to such transaction, have been complied with and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel issued by external counsel of recognized standing stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer complies with this Article and that all conditions herein provided, which relate to such transaction, have been complied with;
8.1.4 the Successor Person shall expressly agree to withhold against any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge thereafter imposed or levied by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer with respect to the payment of principal of or interest or premium on the Securities, and to pay such Additional Amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amounts receivable by Holders after any withholding or deduction of any such tax, assessment, duty or other governmental charge shall equal the respective amounts of principal, premium (if any) and interest which would have been receivable in respect of the Securities in the absence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer; provided, however, that Holders will not be subject to the exceptions and limitations contained in Section 10.7 in relation to the Successor Jurisdiction; and
8.1.5 in the case of a consolidation or merger of the Company or conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties or assets, such transaction is permitted by Section 10.16.2.
Section 8.2 Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation, merger, conveyance, or transfer in accordance with this Article, the Successor Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, under the Securities with the same effect as if the Successor Person had been named as the issuer or guarantor of the Securities herein.
Section 8.3 Right to Redemption. No Successor Person shall have the right to redeem the Securities unless the Company and the Guarantor would have been entitled to redeem such Securities in similar circumstances.
ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
9.1.1 to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor herein and in the Securities;
45
9.1.2 to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor;
9.1.3 to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
9.1.4 to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form;
9.1.5 to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither (a) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (b) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding;
9.1.6 to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 10.6 or otherwise and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any guarantee of or Lien securing the Securities when such release, termination or discharge is permitted by this Indenture;
9.1.7 to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1;
9.1.8 to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11;
9.1.9 make any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any holder of the Securities or to conform this Indenture to the caption entitled “Description of Debt Securities” in the prospectus relating to the Securities;
9.1.10 add additional obligors with respect to the Securities and this Indenture or to add additional guarantors to guarantee the obligations under the Securities and this Indenture; or
46
9.1.11 to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this Section 9.1.9 shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect (which shall be conclusively established by deliver of an officer’s certificate to the Trustee).
Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures or Waiver with Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture or waiver, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Guarantor, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may (i) enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture or (ii) waive the application of any provision of this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture or waiver shall, without the consent of each Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, an amendment may not:
9.2.1 change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security;
9.2.2 reduce the principal amount, the interest rate, the redemption price for any Security or the principal amount that would be due and payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;
9.2.3 change or modify in any way the Company’s or the Guarantor’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 10.7;
9.2.4 change the coin or currency in which, any Security or premium, if any, or interest thereon is payable;
9.2.5 change the Place of Payment of any Security;
9.2.6 impair the Holder’s right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment due with respect to any Security;
9.2.7 change the terms of payment from, or control over, or release or reduce any collateral or security interest that may be created or provided pursuant to Section 10.6;
9.2.8 change any provision of the Guarantees by the Guarantor in a manner which would materially and adversely affect the Holders; and
9.2.9 modify any of the provisions of this Section 9.2, Section 5.13 or Section 10.9, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section 9.2 and Section 10.9, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11.
47
A supplemental indenture or waiver which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture or waiver permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 1.2, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture or waiver which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and the Guarantor and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 9.7 Effect of Waiver. A waiver shall be effective to waive compliance with the particular provision and for the particular instance for which the waiver was made and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company or the Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such provision shall remain in full force and effect.
48
ARTICLE X
Covenants
Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (together with any Additional Amounts payable thereon) on the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. With respect to any Global Security, and except as otherwise may be specified for such Global Security as contemplated by Section 3.1, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be the Place of Payment where such Global Security may be presented or surrendered for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, or where successor Securities may be delivered in exchange therefor; provided, however, that any such payment, presentation, surrender or delivery effected pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary for such Global Security shall be deemed to have been effected at the Place of Payment for such Global Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
With respect to any Securities that are not in the form of a Global Security, the Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, an office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities (in this case, without regard to the form of the Securities) and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies (in or outside the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York) where the Securities of one or more series, notices and other items may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 10.3 Money for Security Payments To Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and premium, if any, and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
49
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on the business day prior to each due date of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Securities of such series, deposit in Dollars with a Paying Agent in New York, New York a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.3, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of such series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of such series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company and the Guarantor for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may, at the expense of the Company, cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in The City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company or the Guarantor.
Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company and the Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company or the Guarantor is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company or the Guarantor shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
50
The Company and the Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Company or the Guarantor becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 10.5 Reports by Company and Guarantor. The Company (unless at the time no Outstanding Securities have been registered with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act) and the Guarantor shall file with the Trustee and the SEC, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Notwithstanding that the Guarantor may not be required to remain subject to the reporting requirements of Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Guarantor will continue to file with the SEC and provide the Trustee with such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which are specified in Sections 12, 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s and the Guarantor’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
Section 10.6 Limitation on Liens. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor will create, incur, issue or assume any Indebtedness secured by any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, without in any such case effectively providing that the Securities shall be secured equally and ratably with or prior to such secured Indebtedness. The (i) giving of a guarantee that is secured by a Lien upon or in respect of any asset of the Company, and (ii) creation of a Lien upon or in respect of any of the Company’s assets to secure Indebtedness that existed prior to the creation of such Lien, shall be deemed to involve the incurrence of Indebtedness in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Indebtedness secured by such Lien.
Section 10.7 Payment of Additional Amounts
10.7.1 All payments in respect of the Securities and the Guarantee, shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of (i) Brazil or any political subdivision thereof having power to tax (“Brazilian Taxes”), (ii) the Netherlands or any political subdivision thereof having power to tax (“Dutch Taxes”), (iii) any other jurisdiction or political subdivision thereof having power to tax from or through which payment is made in respect of the Securities and the Guarantee or in which the Company, the Guarantor or any successor thereto is organized or incorporated or is a resident for tax purposes (“Foreign Taxes”), as applicable, or (iv) any jurisdiction from or through payment is made under the Securities or Guarantee (each such jurisdiction, including Brazil and
51
the Netherlands, a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges. In the event of any such withholding or deduction, the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, shall make such deduction or withholding, will make payment of the amount so withheld to the appropriate governmental authority and will pay to each Holder such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that every net payment made by the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, on the Securities and the Guarantee after such withholding or deduction for or on account of any Brazilian Taxes, Dutch Taxes, or taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges of whatever nature with respect to any other Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, as the case may be, will equal the respective amounts of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest which would have been receivable in respect of the Securities in the absence of such withholding or deduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Guarantor nor the Company will have to pay Additional Amounts:
(i) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such Security by reason of his or the beneficial owners having some connection with a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, being resident for tax purposes, or being a citizen or resident or national of, or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or being physically present in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction) other than the mere acquisition or holding of the Security and the receipt of payments with respect to the Securities or the Guarantee;
(ii) in respect of Securities surrendered (if surrender is required) more than 30 days after the Relevant Date (as defined below) except to the extent that the Holder of such Security would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts on surrender of such Security for payment on the last day of such period of 30 days;
(iii) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges by reason of such Holder’s or the beneficial owner’s failure to comply with any certification, identification or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, if (a) such compliance is required or imposed by law as a precondition to exemption from all or a part of such tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge and (b) the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, has given the Holders at least 30 days’ notice that Holders will be required to comply with such requirement;
(iv) in respect of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed with respect to a Security;
(v) in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on any series of Securities or by direct payment by the Company or the Guarantor in respect of claims made against the Company or the Guarantor;
52
(vi) in respect of any withholding, deduction or levy of or for any taxes pursuant to the Dutch Withholding Tax Act 2021 (Wet bronbelasting 2021); or
(vii) in respect of any combination of the above.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.7.1, none of the Guarantor, the Company, the Paying Agent or any other Person shall be required to pay any Additional Amounts with respect to any payment in respect of any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any successor law or regulation implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such sections or any intergovernmental agreement or any agreement entered into pursuant to section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
In addition, no Additional Amounts shall be paid with respect to any payment on a Security to a Holder who is a fiduciary, a partnership, a limited liability company or other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that payment would be required by the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a member of that partnership, an interest holder in a limited liability company or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder.
For purposes of the provisions described above, “Relevant Date” means whichever is the later of (i) the date on which such payment first becomes due and (ii) if the full amount payable has not been received by the Trustee on or prior to such due date, the date on which notice is given to the Holders that the Trustee so receives the full amount. Except as specifically provided above, neither the Guarantor nor the Company will be required to make a payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
For purposes of the provisions described in this Section 10.7.1, the term “Holder” of any Security means the direct nominee of any beneficial owner of such Security, which holds such beneficial owner’s interest in such Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the limitations on the Company’s or the Guarantor’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts set forth in clause (i)(b) above shall not apply if the provision of information, documentation or other evidence described in such clause (i)(b) would be materially more onerous, in form, in procedure or in the substance of information disclosed, to a Holder or beneficial owner of a Security (taking into account any relevant differences between U.S. and Dutch or Brazilian law, regulation or administrative practice) than comparable information or other reporting requirements imposed under U.S. tax law (including tax treaties between the United States and the Netherlands or Brazil), regulations (including proposed regulations) and administrative practice.
The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall promptly provide the Trustee with documentation, if any, (which may consist of certified copies of such documentation) reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of Foreign Taxes in respect of which the Company or the Guarantor has paid any Additional Amounts. Copies of such documentation shall be made available to the Holders of the Securities or the Paying Agent, as applicable, upon request therefor.
53
In respect of the Securities issued hereunder, at least 10 days prior to the first date of payment of interest on the Securities and at least 10 days prior to each date, if any, of payment of principal or interest thereafter if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Company and the Guarantor shall furnish the Trustee and each Paying Agent with an Officers’ Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent as to whether such payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on such Securities shall be made without deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge. If any such deduction or withholding shall be required by the Netherlands or Brazil or any Successor Jurisdiction or any political subdivision or authority therein or thereof having power to tax, then such certificate shall specify, by country, the amount, if any, required to be deducted or withheld on such payment to Holders of such Securities, and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, (if payment is then due under the Guarantees) shall pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee or such Paying Agent Additional Amounts, if any, required by this Section 10.7. The Company and the Guarantor agree to indemnify the Trustee and each Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by them in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 10.7, the obligation of the Company and the Guarantor to so indemnify being joint and several.
10.7.2 The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall pay all present and future stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar duties, if any, which may be imposed by the Netherlands or Brazil or any other governmental entity or political subdivision therein or thereof, or any taxing authority of or in any of the foregoing, with respect to the Indenture or the issuance of the Securities or the Guarantees.
10.7.3 The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall provide each Paying Agent and any withholding agent under relevant tax regulations with copies of each certificate received by the Company or the Guarantor from a Holder of a Security pursuant to the text of such Security. Each such Paying Agent and withholding agent shall retain each such certificate received by it for as long as any Security is outstanding and in no event for less than four years after its receipt, and for such additional period thereafter, as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, as such certificate may become material in the administration of applicable tax laws.
10.7.4 In the event that Additional Amounts actually paid with respect to the Securities pursuant to the preceding paragraphs are based on rates of deduction or withholding of withholding taxes in excess of the appropriate rate applicable to the Holder of such Securities, and, as a result thereof, such Holder is entitled to make claim for a refund or credit of such excess from the authority imposing such withholding tax, then such Holder shall, by accepting such Securities, be deemed to have assigned and transferred all right, title, and interest to any such claim for a refund or credit of such excess to the Company or the Guarantor. However, by making such assignment, the Holder makes no representation or warranty that the Company or the Guarantor will be entitled to receive such claim for a refund or credit and incurs no other obligation with respect thereto.
54
10.7.5 All references in this Indenture and the Securities to principal, premium, if any, or interest in respect of any Security shall be deemed to mean and include all Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of such principal, premium, if any, or interest, unless the context otherwise requires, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding reference to Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made. All references in this Indenture and the Securities to principal in respect of any Security shall be deemed to mean and include any Redemption Price or Repurchase Price payable in respect of such Security pursuant to any redemption or repurchase right hereunder (and all such references to the Stated Maturity of the principal in respect of any Security shall be deemed to mean and include the Redemption Date or Repurchase Date with respect to any such Redemption Price or Repurchase Price), and all such references to principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Amounts shall be deemed to mean and include any amount payable in respect hereof pursuant to Section 10.7, and express mention of the payment of any Redemption Price or Repurchase Price, or any such other amount in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding reference to the payment of any Redemption Price or Repurchase Price, or any such other amounts in those provisions hereof where such express reference is not made.
Section 10.8 Indemnification of Judgment Currency. The Company and the Guarantor shall jointly and severally indemnify the Trustee and any Holder of a Security against any loss incurred by the Trustee or such Holder, as the case may be, as a result of any judgment or order being given or made for any amount due under this Indenture or such Security and being expressed and paid in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than Dollars (the “Specified Currency”), and as a result of any variation between (i) the rate of exchange at which the Specified Currency amount is converted into the Judgment Currency for the purpose of such judgment or order and (ii) the spot rate of exchange in The City of New York at which the Trustee or such Holder, as the case may be, on the date of payment of such judgment or order is able to purchase the Specified Currency with the amount of the Judgment Currency actually received by the Trustee or such Holder. The foregoing indemnity shall constitute a separate and independent obligation of the Company and the Guarantor and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any such judgment or order as aforesaid. The term “spot rate of exchange” shall include any premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the purchase of, or conversion into, the Specified Currency.
Section 10.9 Further Acts. The Company and the Guarantor will each take any action, satisfy any condition or do any thing (including the obtaining or effecting of any necessary consent, approval, authorization, exemption, filing, license, order, recording or registration) at any time required in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations to be taken, fulfilled or done in order (i) to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and perform and comply with its obligations under the Securities, this Indenture and any supplemental indenture, as the case may be, (ii) to ensure that those obligations are legally binding and enforceable, (iii) to make the Securities, this Indenture and any supplemental indenture admissible in evidence in the courts of the State of New York, the Netherlands and Brazil and (iv) to enable the Trustee to exercise and enforce its respective rights under this Indenture and any supplemental indenture and to carry out the terms, provisions and purposes of this Indenture and any supplemental indenture.
55
Section 10.10 Securities held by the Company, the Guarantor, etc.. So long as any Security is Outstanding, the Company will send to the Trustee, as soon as practicable after being so requested by the Trustee, an Officers’ Certificate of the Company stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities held or beneficially owned, at the date of such certificate by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when it, the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries holds or beneficially owns Securities.
Section 10.11 Status of Guarantees and Securities. The Guarantor will ensure that the Guarantees will rank at least pari passu with any current and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantor, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) certain statutory preferred claims for wages, salaries, social security and taxes as provided by Brazilian law. The Company will ensure that the Securities will rank at least pari passu with any current and future Indebtedness of the Company.
Section 10.12 Maintenance of Corporate Existence. The Company and the Guarantor shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain in effect its corporate existence and all registrations necessary therefor, provided that these restrictions shall not prohibit any transactions permitted by Article 8 or the merger of any Subsidiary with or into the Guarantor or the Company or with or into any other Subsidiary of the Guarantor or the Company; (ii) take all reasonable actions to maintain all rights, privileges, titles to property, franchises and the like necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, activities or operations; and (iii) maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition (normal wear and tear excepted) all properties used or useful in their business; provided, however, that neither the Guarantor, nor its Subsidiaries shall be prevented from discontinuing those operations or suspending the maintenance of those properties which, in the reasonable judgment of the Guarantor as evidenced by a Board Resolution, are no longer necessary or useful in the conduct of the Guarantor’s business, or that of its Subsidiaries; and provided, further, that such discontinuation of operations or maintenance would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Guarantor to comply with its obligations under this Indenture.
Section 10.13 Maintenance of Insurance. The Guarantor shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance with respect to its general business and its properties, with financially sound, responsible and reputable insurance companies in such amounts and covering such risks as are usually carried by companies of good repute engaged in similar businesses and owning and/or operating properties similar to those owned and/or operated by the Guarantor or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the jurisdictions in which the Guarantor or such Subsidiary owns and/or operates its properties, including policies covering property losses wherein settlement is on a replacement value basis, resultant business interruption and general liability.
Section 10.14 Payment of Taxes. The Company and the Guarantor will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or the Guarantor or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or the Guarantor (the “Taxes”) which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company and the Guarantor; provided, however, that (i) the Company and the Guarantor shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is then-currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (ii) the Company and the Guarantor shall be in compliance with this Section 10.14 if the individual or the aggregate amount of the Taxes not paid would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Guarantor to comply with its obligations under this Indenture.
56
Section 10.15 Ownership of the Company and Payment of Expenses. The Guarantor will at all times own directly 100% of the issued shares of the Company. The Guarantor will determine and timely pay all fees, taxes, and other monies required to be paid in connection with the establishment and maintenance of the existence of the Company under Dutch law.
Section 10.16 Additional Limitations on the Company. For so long as any of the Securities is outstanding, the Company shall not:
10.16.1 engage in any business or enter into, or be a party to, any transaction or agreement except for:
(i) the issuance, sale and redemption of the Securities and any other debt securities (including syndicated loans) and any activities incidentally related thereto;
(ii) the incurrence of Indebtedness to make inter-company loans to the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries to finance the acquisition of supply materials by the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, and activities reasonably related thereto;
(iii) any cash management measures and short-term investments;
(iv) entering into Hedging Agreements relating to the Securities or other Indebtedness;
(v) any transaction in the ordinary course of business of the Company; and
(vi) any other transaction required by applicable law;
10.16.2 enter into any consolidation, merger, amalgamation, joint venture, or other form of combination with any Person, or selling, leasing, conveying or otherwise disposing of any of its assets or receivables, except, in each case, with or to the Guarantor or a Subsidiary and which is otherwise permitted pursuant to Article 8; provided, however, that if the Company enters into such a transaction with a Subsidiary, and it results in the Successor Person becoming incorporated in or considered to be resident in a jurisdiction other than the Netherlands, then such transaction will only be permitted if such transaction will not result in the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 10.7 (as provided by the provisions of Section 8.1.4) in connection with the next payment in respect of the Securities;
10.16.3 enter into any transaction which would cause it to be deemed an “investment company” as defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”); and
10.16.4 create any Lien in favor of any Person other than (i) any Lien incurred in connection with the entering into any Hedging Agreement permitted under clause (iv) of Section 10.16.1 above; or (ii) any Permitted Lien.
57
ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
Section 11.1 Right of Redemption
11.1.1 The Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity may not be redeemed at the election of the Company except in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities) in accordance with the provisions of this Article 11.
11.1.2 The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company, notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities specified therefor in the Securities of a series to be redeemed.
11.1.3 The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will have the option to redeem, in whole but not in part, the Securities of the applicable series, at any time, upon giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Holders of such Securities (with notice to the Trustee of any redemption no later than five (5) Business Days prior to when notice is due to Holders of such Securities), at 100% of the principal amount thereof and premium, if any, applicable thereto, together with accrued interest up to but not including the Redemption Date and any Additional Amounts which would otherwise be payable up to but not including the Redemption Date, if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or rules and regulation thereunder) of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or any amendment to or change in an official interpretation, administration or application of such laws, rules or regulations (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which amendment or change of such laws, rules or regulations or the interpretation, administration or application thereof, in the case of Brazil or the Netherlands, becomes effective on or after February 11, 2025, or in the case of any other Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction is first publicly announced and becomes effective after the date it first becomes a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (a “Change in Tax Law”):
(x) the Guarantor or any successor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees in excess of Additional Amounts attributable to Brazilian Taxes at a rate of (A) 15% generally; or (B) 25% in the case of taxes imposed on amounts paid to residents of countries which do not impose any income tax or which impose it at a maximum rate lower than 17% or 20%, as the case may be, or where the laws of that country or location impose restrictions on the disclosure of ownership or beneficial ownership of the income or notes; or
(y) the Company or any successor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities; and
in either case, such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or the Guarantor, after the use of reasonable measures available to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be; for the avoidance of doubt, reasonable measures do not include changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable.
58
provided, however, that (i) no notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, would but for such redemption be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts were a payment on such Securities or Guarantees then due, and (ii) at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect.
Before any notice of redemption pursuant to Section 11.1.3 is given to the Trustee or the Holders of Securities of the relevant series, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee (i) an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the condition or conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred or been satisfied and that the Company cannot avoid its obligation to pay Additional Amounts by taking reasonable measures available to it and (ii) an opinion of an independent legal counsel of recognized standing in Brazil, the Netherlands, or any other Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, as applicable, to the effect that the Company has or shall become obligated to pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such change or amendment. Such notice, once given to the Trustee, shall be irrevocable.
Section 11.2 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, in writing, which may be by electronic transmission, or mailed by first-class postage prepaid, mailed not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
11.2.1 the Redemption Date,
11.2.2 the Redemption Price and amount of accrued interest, if any,
11.2.3 that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and any accrued interest shall become due and payable upon each Security to be redeemed and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
11.2.4 the conversion rate (if applicable), the date on which the right to convert the Securities to be redeemed shall terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion,
11.2.5 the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued interest, and
11.2.6 applicable CUSIP or ISIN Numbers.
59
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, and such notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, except if such notice is given pursuant to Section 11.1.3. If an optional redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice of redemption shall describe each such condition and, if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time (but no more than 60 days after the date of the notice of redemption) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waiver by the Company in its sole discretion), and a new redemption date will be set by the Company in accordance with applicable DTC procedures, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions precedent shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in its sole discretion) by the Redemption Date stated in such notice, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed.
Section 11.3 Deposit of Redemption Price. On the Business Day prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 11.4 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company to the Person in whose name such Security is registered at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.6.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by (or prescribed therefor in) the Security.
Section 11.5 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security of a series which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected less than 61 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements governing redemptions of the principal securities exchange, if any, on which Securities of that series are listed or if such securities exchange has no requirement governing redemption or the Securities of that series are not then listed on a securities exchange, on a pro rata basis or by lot (or, in the event that the Securities of that series are represented by Global Securities as of the Redemption Date, subject to the then-current rules and procedures of the applicable Depositary).
60
If Securities of any series are redeemed in part, the remaining outstanding amount of any Security of that series must be at least equal to U.S.$2,000 and be an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
ARTICLE XII
Guarantees
Section 12.1 The Guarantees. Subject to the provisions of this Article 12, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security of each series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee the full and punctual payment (whether at the Stated Maturity, upon redemption, purchase pursuant to an offer to purchase or acceleration or otherwise) of the principal, premium, interest, Additional Amounts and all other amounts that may come due and payable under each Security and the full and punctual payment of all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture as they come due. Upon failure by the Company to pay punctually any such amount, the Guarantor shall forthwith pay the amount not so paid at the place and time and in the manner specified in the Indenture.
Section 12.2 Guarantees Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by
12.2.1 any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any obligation of the Company under the Indenture or any Security, by operation of law or otherwise;
12.2.2 any modification or amendment of or supplement to the Indenture or any Security;
12.2.3 any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Company, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Company or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Company contained in the Indenture or any Security;
12.2.4 the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Company, the Trustee or any other Person, whether in connection with the Indenture or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein prevents the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
61
12.2.5 any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Company for any reason of the Indenture or any Security, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Company of the principal of or interest on any Security or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture; or
12.2.6 any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Company, the Trustee or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this Section 12.2.6, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.
Section 12.3 Discharge; Reinstatement. The Guarantor’s obligations hereunder will remain in full force and effect until the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such payment will be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time.
Section 12.4 Waiver by the Guarantor
12.4.1 The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Company or any other Person. The Guarantees constitute a guaranty of payment and not of collection.
12.4.2 The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably waives any and all rights provided under Articles 333, sole paragraph 364, 366, 821, 827, 829, 834, 835 and 837 through 839 of the Brazilian Civil Code and Article 595 of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.
Section 12.5 Subrogation and Contribution. Upon making any payment with respect to any obligation of the Company under this Article, the Guarantor making such payment will be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the Company with respect to such obligation; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all Securities of the relevant series shall have been paid in full.
Section 12.6 Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Company under the Indenture or the Securities is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the Indenture are nonetheless payable by the Guarantor forthwith on demand by the Trustee or the Holders.
Section 12.7 Execution and Delivery of Guarantees. The execution by the Guarantor of the Indenture or a supplemental indenture evidences the Guarantees of such Guarantor, whether or not the person signing as an officer of the Guarantor still holds that office at the time of authentication of any Security. The delivery of any Security by the Trustee after authentication constitutes due delivery of the Guarantees set forth in the Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.
62
ARTICLE XIII
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 13.1 Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities designated pursuant to Section 3.1 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 13.2 or 13.3, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 3.1 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 13. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities.
Section 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company’s exercise of its option to have this Section 13.2 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company and the Guarantor shall each be deemed to have been discharged from their respective obligations with respect to such Securities or series of Securities as provided in this Section 13.2 on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.4 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.4 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (ii) the respective obligations of the Company and the Guarantor with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 10.2 and 10.3, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) the provisions set forth in this Article Thirteen. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option to have this Section 13.2 applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option to have Section 13.3 applied to such Securities.
Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company’s exercise of its option to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (i) the Company shall be released from any covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.1.8, 8.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.7, 10.5, 10.6, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14 and 10.16 for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, and (ii) the occurrence of any event specified in Section 5.1.3 shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section 13.3 on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.4 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 5.13), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
63
Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
13.4.1 The Company or the Guarantor shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the principal of and premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means (a) any security which is (1) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (2) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (1) or (2), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in clause (a) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principle or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
13.4.2 In the event of any election to have Section 13.2 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, of independent tax counsel of recognized standing in the United States, stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case (i) or (ii) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
64
13.4.3 In the event of an election to have Section 13.3 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to the effected with respect to such Security and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
13.4.4 No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 5.1.6 and 5.1.7, at any time on or prior to the day which is 90 days after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such day which is 90 days after the date of such deposit).
13.4.5 Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act).
13.4.6 Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which either is bound.
13.4.7 Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under the Investment Company Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
13.4.8 The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Section 13.5 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.4 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company and the Guarantor shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.4, or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
65
Anything in this Article 13 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the Company’s order any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.4 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
Section 13.6 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order of judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company and the Guarantor have been discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.2 or 13.3 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company or the Guarantor make any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or the Guarantor (as the case may be) shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
The transactions contemplated by this Indenture have been proposed by the Trustee to the Company for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Article 9 of Brazilian Decree-Law No. 4,657 dated September 4, 1942 and for no other purpose or reason whatsoever.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts (either manually or in electronic .pdf format), each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 13.7 Electronic Signatures The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Indenture or any document to be signed in connection with this Indenture (including, without limitation, any Securities, the Guarantees and any Officers’ Certificate) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, including without limitation, digital signature provided by Docusign (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to Trustee by the authorized representative), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to Trustee, including without limitation the risk of Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”) given pursuant to this Indenture and delivered using Electronic Means; provided, however, that the Company shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Authorized Officers”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Issuer understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall
66
conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Issuer and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.
67
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
| EMBRAER NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V., as Company | ||
| By: | /s/ Felipe Santana Santiago de Lima | |
| Name: Felipe Santana Santiago de Lima | ||
| Title: Management Board Member | ||
| By: | /s/ Andreia Pereira de Jesus | |
| Name: Andreia Pereira de Jesus | ||
| Title: Management Board Member | ||
| EMBRAER S.A., as Guarantor | ||
| By: | /s/ Francisco Gomes Neto | |
| Name: Francisco Gomes Neto | ||
| Title: President & CEO | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio Carlos Garcia | |
| Name: Antonio Carlos Garcia | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President, Financial and Investor Relations | ||
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent | ||
| By: | /s/ Stacey B. Poindexter | |
| Name: | Stacey B. Poindexter | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
68
Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION VERSION
Dated February 11, 2025
First Supplemental Indenture
U.S.$650,000,000
5.980% Notes due 2035
between
Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V.,
as Company
Embraer S.A.,
as Guarantor
and
The Bank of New York Mellon,
as Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent
Table of Contents
| Page | ||||
| 1. Ratification of the Base Indenture |
1 | |||
| 2. Definitions |
2 | |||
| 3. General Terms and Conditions of the Notes |
3 | |||
| 4. Miscellaneous Provisions |
16 | |||
| 5. The Trustee |
17 | |||
(i)
This First Supplemental Indenture is made on February 11, 2025
Between:
| (1) | Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at Jachthavenweg 109 C, 1081 KM Amsterdam, The Netherlands, |
| (2) | Embraer S.A., a company organized under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (herein called the “Guarantor”), having its principal office at Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2170, 12227-901 São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil, and |
| (3) | The Bank of New York Mellon, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, having its principal corporate trust office at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”) to the Indenture, dated as of February 11, 2025, among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Base Indenture”). |
Whereas:
| (A) | the Base Indenture provides for the issuance from time to time thereunder, in series, of securities of the Company carrying the guarantees of the Guarantor, and Section 2.1 and 3.1 of the Base Indenture provides for the establishment of the form or terms of Securities issued thereunder through one or more supplemental indentures; |
| (B) | the Company and the Guarantor desire by this First Supplemental Indenture to create a new series of securities to be issuable under the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, and to be known as the Company’s 5.980% Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”) carrying the irrevocable and unconditional guarantees of Embraer S.A. (the “Guarantees,” and together with the Notes, the “Securities”) the terms and provisions of which are to be as specified in this First Supplemental Indenture; |
| (C) | the Company and the Guarantor have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture to establish the Notes as a series of securities under the Base Indenture and to provide for, among other things, the issuance of and the form and terms of the Notes and additional covenants for the benefit of the Holders thereof and the Trustee; and |
| (D) | all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding legal obligation of the Company and the Guarantor according to its terms have been done. |
Now, Therefore, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base Indenture, the form of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company and the Guarantor covenant and agree with the Trustee as follows:
| 1. | Ratification of the Base Indenture |
Except insofar as herein otherwise expressly provided, all the definitions, provisions, terms and conditions of the Base Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. The Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and considered as one and the same instrument for all purposes.
1
| 2. | Definitions |
| 2.1 | For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires: |
| 2.1.1 | all terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Base Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture, except as otherwise provided in this First Supplemental Indenture; |
| 2.1.2 | the term “Securities” as defined in the Base Indenture and as used in any definition therein or herein, shall be deemed to include or refer to, as applicable, the Notes and the Guarantees; and |
| 2.1.3 | the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 2.1.3. |
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following:
The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) –H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities—Treasury constant maturities—Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (“H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (i) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the Par Call Date (the “Remaining Life”); or (ii) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the following two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than, and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than, the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the Par Call Date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (iii) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the applicable Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.
If on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding such redemption date of the U.S. Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no U.S. Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more U.S. Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the U.S. Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more U.S. Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call Date or two or more U.S. Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more U.S. Treasury
2
securities the U.S. Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such U.S. Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable U.S. Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such U.S. Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.
The Trustee shall not have any responsibility to calculate or determine, nor shall it be liable to the Company, the Guarantor, the Holders or any party for, any calculation hereto.
| 3. | General Terms and Conditions of the Notes |
| 3.1 | Designation |
There is hereby authorized and established a new series of securities designated the “5.980% Notes due 2035”. The Notes will initially be limited to an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$650,000,000 (which amount does not include Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 9.6 or 11.5 of the Base Indenture) and shall be guaranteed by Embraer S.A.
The Company may from time to time, without notice to or consent of the Holders, create and issue an unlimited principal amount of additional Notes having the same terms and conditions as the initial Notes in all respects, except that the issue date, the issue price and the first payment of interest thereon may differ; provided, however, that unless such additional Notes are issued under a separate CUSIP, such additional Notes will be fungible with the initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes or, if such additional Notes are not fungible with the initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, neither the initial Notes nor the additional Notes are issued with more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any such additional Notes will form a single series and vote together with the previously outstanding Notes for all purposes hereof.
The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be on February 11, 2035. The Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 5.980% per annum, from February 11, 2025 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, payable semi-annually on February 11 and August 11 of each year, commencing on August 11, 2025 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), until the principal and premium thereof are paid or made available for payment. To the extent interest due on any Interest Payment Date is not paid, interest shall accrue thereon at the Default Interest to the extent permitted by law, until such unpaid interest and interest accrued thereon are paid in full.
| 3.2 | Forms Generally |
The Notes shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this Section 3.2, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Base Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
3
| 3.2.1 | Form of Face of the Note |
[INCLUDE IN CASE OF A GLOBAL SECURITY – THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO, AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY EMBRAER NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V., EMBRAER S.A. AND THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR REGISTERED NOTES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES REFERRED TO IN THE INDENTURE, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.]
[INCLUDE IN CASE OF A GLOBAL SECURITY FOR WHICH THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY IS THE DEPOSITARY – UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO EMBRAER NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS CERTIFICATE OR ANY PORTION HEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
4
EMBRAER NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V.
5.980% Notes due 2035
Unconditionally and Irrevocably Guaranteed by
EMBRAER S.A.
CUSIP Number: 29082HAE2
ISIN: US29082HAE27
No.
US$
EMBRAER NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of US$ ( U.S. dollars) [IN THE CASE OF A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT –, or such other principal amount as set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note attached hereto,] on February 11, 2035, and to pay interest thereon semi-annually on February 11 and August 11 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on August 11, 2025, from February 11, 2025 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, as the case may be, at the rate of 5.980% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any amount of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on this Note which is overdue shall bear interest, to the extent permitted by law, from the date such amount is due to but not including the day it is paid or made available for payment, and such overdue principal of or premium, if any, or interest shall be paid as provided in Section 3.6 of the Base Indenture hereinafter referred to.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 6 or August 6 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be proposed by the Company and notified to the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of the Notes not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
5
Payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on this Note will be made to the Person entitled thereto at the office of the Trustee or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, maintained for such purpose, and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts upon surrender of this Note in the case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal hereof (other than any payment of interest payable on an Interest Payment Date); provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; and provided, further, that all payments of the principal of and interest on this Note, the Holders of which have given wire transfer instructions to the Trustee, the Company, or its agent at least 10 Business Days prior to the applicable payment date, will be required to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts with financial institutions in the United States specified by such Holders in such instructions. [IN CASE OF A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT – Notwithstanding the foregoing, payment of any amount payable in respect of a Global Note will be made in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary.]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
6
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Note to be duly executed.
Dated:
| EMBRAER NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V. | ||
| By: |
||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| By: |
||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Embraer S.A. (herein called the “Guarantor”) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder the full and punctual payment (whether at the Stated Maturity date, upon redemption, purchase pursuant to an offer to purchase, acceleration or otherwise) of the principal, premium, if any, interest, Additional Amounts and all other amounts that may come due and payable under this Note and the full and punctual payment of all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture as they come due.
Dated:
| EMBRAER S.A. | ||
| By: |
||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| By: |
||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
7
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee | ||
| By: |
||
| Authorized Officer | ||
| 3.2.2 | Form of Reverse of Note |
| 1. | This Note is a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company issued in one or more series guaranteed by the Guarantor (herein called collectively, the “Securities”) under an Indenture, dated as of February 11, 2025 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 11, 2025 (collectively with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture). Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. All capitalized terms not defined in this Note have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, except as otherwise provided in this Note. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof (herein called the “Notes”). For the avoidance of doubt, all references herein to the Securities shall be deemed to include the Guarantees of the Securities, which is an integral part thereof. |
| 2. | The full and punctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest and all other amounts payable under the Notes is irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor. |
| 3. | If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. |
| 4. | All payments in respect of the Securities and the Guarantees, shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges of whatever nature imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or on behalf of (i) Brazil or any political subdivision thereof having power to tax (“Brazilian Taxes”), (ii) the Netherlands or any political subdivision thereof having power to tax (“Dutch Taxes”), or (iii) any other jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof having power to tax from or through which payment is made in respect of the Securities and the Guarantees or in which the Company, the Guarantor or any successor thereto is organized or |
8
| incorporated or is a resident for tax purposes (“Foreign Taxes”), as applicable (each such jurisdiction, including Brazil and the Netherlands, a “Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges. In the event of any such withholding or deduction, the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, shall make such deduction or withholding, will make payment of the amount so withheld to the appropriate governmental authority and will pay to each Holder such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that every net payment made by the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, on the Securities and the Guarantees after such withholding or deduction for or on account of any Brazilian Taxes, Dutch Taxes, or taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges of whatever nature with respect to any other Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, as the case may be, will equal the respective amounts of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest which would have been receivable in respect of the Securities in the absence of such withholding or deduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Guarantor nor the Company will have to pay Additional Amounts: |
(i) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such Security by reason of his or the beneficial owners having some connection with a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, being resident for tax purposes, or being a citizen or resident or national of, or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or being physically present in, the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction) other than the mere acquisition or holding of the Security and the receipt of payments with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees;
(ii) in respect of Securities surrendered (if surrender is required) more than 30 days after the Relevant Date (as defined below) except to the extent that the Holder of such Security would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts on surrender of such Security for payment on the last day of such period of 30 days;
(iii) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges by reason of such Holder’s or the beneficial owner’s failure to comply with any certification, identification or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, if (a) such compliance is required or imposed by law as a precondition to exemption from all or a part of such tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge and (b) the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, has given the Holders at least 30 days’ notice that Holders will be required to comply with such requirement;
(iv) in respect of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed with respect to a Security;
(v) in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of or interest or premium, if any, on any series of Securities or by direct payment by the Company or the Guarantor in respect of claims made against the Company or the Guarantor;
9
(vi) in respect of any withholding, deduction or levy of or for any taxes pursuant to the Dutch Withholding Tax Act 2021 (Wet bronbelasting 2021); or
(vii) in respect of any combination of the above.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4, none of the Guarantor, the Company, the Paying Agent or any other Person shall be required to pay any Additional Amounts with respect to any payment in respect of any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), any successor law or regulation implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such sections or any intergovernmental agreement or any agreement entered into pursuant to section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
In addition, no Additional Amounts shall be paid with respect to any payment on a Security to a Holder who is a fiduciary, a partnership, a limited liability company or other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that payment would be required by the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a member of that partnership, an interest holder in a limited liability company or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder.
For purposes of the provisions described above, “Relevant Date” means whichever is the later of (i) the date on which such payment first becomes due and (ii) if the full amount payable has not been received by the Trustee on or prior to such due date, the date on which notice is given to the Holders that the Trustee so receives the full amount. Except as specifically provided above, neither the Guarantor nor the Company will be required to make a payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.
For purposes of the provisions described in this paragraph 4, the term “Holder” of any Note means the direct nominee of any beneficial owner of such Note, which holds such beneficial owner’s interest in such Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the limitations on the Company’s or the Guarantor’s obligation to pay Additional Amounts set forth in clause (i)(b) above shall not apply if the provision of information, documentation or other evidence described in such clause (i)(b) would be materially more onerous, in form, in procedure or in the substance of information disclosed, to a Holder or beneficial owner of a Note (taking into account any relevant differences between U.S. and Dutch or Brazilian law, regulation or administrative practice) than comparable information or other reporting requirements imposed under U.S. tax law (including tax treaties between the United States and The Netherlands or Brazil), regulations (including proposed regulations) and administrative practice.
The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall promptly provide the Trustee with documentation, if any, (which may consist of certified copies of such documentation) satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of Foreign Taxes in respect of which the Company or the Guarantor has paid any Additional Amounts. Copies of such documentation shall be made available to the Holders of the Notes or the Paying Agent, as applicable, upon request therefor.
10
The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall pay all present and future stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other similar duties, if any, which may be imposed by the Netherlands or Brazil or any other governmental entity or political subdivision therein or thereof, or any taxing authority of or in any of the foregoing, with respect to the Indenture or the issuance of the Notes.
All references in the Indenture and the Notes to principal, premium, if any, or interest in respect of the Notes or the Guarantees shall be deemed to mean and include all Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of such principal, premium, if any, or interest, unless the context otherwise requires, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding reference to Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
In the event that Additional Amounts actually paid with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees pursuant to the preceding paragraphs are based on rates of deduction or withholding of withholding taxes in excess of the appropriate rate applicable to the Holder of such Securities, and, as a result thereof, such Holder is entitled to make claim for a refund or credit of such excess from the authority imposing such withholding tax, then such Holder shall, by accepting such Securities, be deemed to have assigned and transferred all right, title, and interest to any such claim for a refund or credit of such excess to the Company or the Guarantor. However, by making such assignment, the Holder makes no representation or warranty that the Company or the Guarantor will be entitled to receive such claim for a refund or credit and incurs no other obligation with respect thereto.
| 5. | All references in the Indenture and the Notes to principal in respect of any Note shall be deemed to mean and include any Redemption Price or Repurchase Price payable in respect of such Note pursuant to any redemption or repurchase right hereunder (and all such references to the Stated Maturity of the principal in respect of any Note shall be deemed to mean and include the Redemption Date or Repurchase Date with respect to any such Redemption Price or Repurchase Price), and all such references to principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Amounts shall be deemed to mean and include any amount payable in respect hereof pursuant to Section 10.7 of the Base Indenture, and express mention of the payment of any Redemption Price or Repurchase Price, or any such other amount in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding reference to the payment of any Redemption Price or Repurchase Price, or any such other amounts in those provisions hereof where such express reference is not made. |
| 6. | Prior to November 11, 2034 (which is the date that is three months prior to the maturity of the Notes, the “Par Call Date”), the Notes will be redeemable, at the option of the Company or the Guarantor, in whole or in part, at any time upon giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Holders, at a Redemption Price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and (ii) (a) the sum of the present values of each remaining scheduled payment of principal and interest thereon discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming the notes matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, plus, in each case, accrued interest (including additional interest, if any), and any Additional Amounts, on the principal amount of such Notes to the Redemption Date. |
11
| 7. | At any time on or after the Par Call Date, the Company or the Guarantor has the right to redeem the Notes, in whole or in part and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. |
| 8. | Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any tender offer for the Notes, in the event that the Holders of not less than 85% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not validly withdraw Notes held by such Holder in such tender offer or a third party purchases all the Notes held by such Holders, the Company shall have the right, on not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase date, to redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price equal to the price paid to each other Holder in such tender offer, plus, to the extent not included in the purchase price, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes that remain outstanding, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). |
| 9. | The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will have the option to redeem, in whole but not in part, the Notes of the applicable series, at any time, upon giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Holders of such Securities (with notice to the Trustee of any redemption no later than five (5) Business Days prior to when notice is due to Holders of such Securities), at 100% of the principal amount thereof and premium, if any, applicable thereto, together with accrued and unpaid interest up to but not including the Redemption Date and any Additional Amounts which would otherwise be payable up to but not including the Redemption Date, if, as a result of any amendment to, or change in, the laws (or rules and regulation thereunder) of a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or any amendment to or change in an official interpretation, administration or application of such laws, rules or regulations (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which amendment or change of such laws, rules or regulations or the interpretation, administration or application thereof, in the case of Brazil or the Netherlands, becomes effective on or after February 11, 2025, or in the case of any other Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction is first publicly announced and becomes effective after the date it first becomes a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction: (x) the Guarantor or any successor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees in excess of Additional Amounts attributable to Brazilian Taxes at a rate of (A) 15% generally; or (B) 25% in the case of taxes imposed on amounts paid to residents of countries which do not impose any income tax or which impose it at a maximum rate lower than 17% or 20%, as the case may be, or where the laws of that country or location impose restrictions on the disclosure of ownership or beneficial ownership of the income or notes; or (y) the Company or any successor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes; and in either case, such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or the Guarantor, after the use of reasonable measures available to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be; for the avoidance of doubt, reasonable measures do not include changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable; provided, |
12
| however, that (i) no notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, would but for such redemption be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts were a payment on such Notes or Guarantees then due, and (ii) at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect. |
| 10. | On the Business Day prior to any Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or a Paying Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on such Redemption Date, together with accrued interest to but not including the Redemption Date and any Additional Amounts which would be payable to but not including the Redemption Date. On and after any Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion of the Notes called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, accrued interest and any Additional Amounts). |
If less than all the Notes of any series are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected less than 61 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements governing redemptions of the principal securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or if such securities exchange has no requirement governing redemption or the Notes are not then listed on a securities exchange, on a pro rata basis or by lot (or, in the event that the Notes are represented by Global Notes as of the Redemption Date, subject to the then-current rules and procedures of the applicable Depositary).
If the Notes are redeemed in part, the remaining outstanding amount of any Note of that series must be at least equal to U.S.$2,000 and be an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000.
| 12. | The Company or any of its affiliates may at any time purchase Notes from investors who are willing to sell from time to time, either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. Any such purchased Notes may, in the Company’s discretion, be held, resold or canceled, but will only be resold in compliance with applicable requirements or exemptions under the relevant securities laws. |
| 12. | The Indenture permits, subject to certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the affected Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the affected Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions (i) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding of any affected Notes under the Indenture on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and (ii) permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the affected Notes at the time Outstanding under the Indenture on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. |
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
13
| 13. | As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless (i) such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities, (ii) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and (iii) the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, provided that no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Holders of this Note. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. |
| 14. | No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. |
| 15. | As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office of the Trustee or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. |
The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.10 of the Base Indenture, only in minimum denominations of US$2,000 and any integral multiple of US$1,000 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
| 16. | Prior to due surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or of the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. |
14
| 17. | This Note, the Guarantees and the Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. |
| 18. | All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. |
15
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM — as tenants in common
TEN ENT — as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN — as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT — [ ]
(Cust) [ ]
Custodian [ ] under Uniform (Minor)
Gifts to Minors Act [ ]
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
[To be Attached to Global Note]
Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note
The initial principal amount of this Global Note is US$[•].
The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
| Date of Exchange | Amount of Decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of Increase in this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such Decrease or Increase |
Signature of Authorized Officer of Trustee of the Notes |
| 3.3 | Maintenance of Office or Agency |
With respect to any Notes that are not in the form of a Global Note, the Company will maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in accordance with Section 10.2 of the Base Indenture.
| 3.4 | New York Stock Exchange Listing |
If and for so long as the Notes are listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the rules of that securities exchange will so require, the Company and the Guarantor will maintain a Paying Agent and Transfer Agent in New York.
| 4. | Miscellaneous Provisions |
| 4.1 | Separability of Invalid Provisions |
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture, and to the extent and only to the extent that any such provision is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, this First Supplemental Indenture shall be construed as if such provision had never been contained herein.
16
| 4.2 | Execution in Counterparts |
This First Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed and delivered in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
| 4.3 | Governing Law |
This First Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of New York. The transactions contemplated by this First Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees have been proposed by the Trustee to the Company for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Article 9 of Brazilian Decree-Law No. 4,657 dated September 4, 1942 and for no other purpose or reason whatsoever.
| 5. | The Trustee |
The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which are made solely by the Company and the Guarantor.
17
In witness whereof, each of the parties hereto has caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed on its behalf, all as of the day and year first written above.
| EMBRAER NETHERLANDS FINANCE B.V. |
| /s/ Felipe Santana Santiago de Lima |
| Name: Felipe Santana Santiago de Lima |
| Title: Management Board Member |
| /s/ Andreia Pereira de Jesus |
| Name: Andreia Pereira de Jesus |
| Title: Management Board Member |
| EMBRAER S.A. |
| /s/ Francisco Gomes Neto |
| Name: Francisco Gomes Neto |
| Title: President & CEO |
| /s/ Antonio Carlos Garcia |
| Name: Antonio Carlos Garcia |
| Title: Executive Vice President, Financial and Investor Relations |
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent |
| /s/ Stacey B. Poindexter |
| Name: Stacey B. Poindexter |
| Title: Vice President |
18
Exhibit 5.1
São José dos Campos, February 11, 2025
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I have acted as Brazilian counsel for Embraer S.A., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Brazil (“Embraer” or “Guarantor”), in connection with an offering by Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V. (the “Company”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form F-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 5, 2025 (File No. 333-278823) (the “Registration Statement”), of US$650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.980% Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”) to be issued under an indenture dated as of February 11, 2025, among the Company, as issuer, Embraer, as guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”), as trustee, registrar, paying agent and transfer agent (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of February 11, 2025, among the Company, Embraer, and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). Pursuant to the Indenture, Embraer will fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Notes (the “Guarantee” and, together with the Notes, the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Indenture.
This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
1. In rendering the opinions set forth below, I have examined copies of the documents listed below:
| (i) | the Registration Statement; |
| (ii) | the Base Indenture; |
| (iii) | the Supplemental Indenture; |
| (iv) | the global certificates representing the Securities, including the Guarantee; |
| (v) | the underwriting agreement, dated February 6, 2025 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among Embraer, the Company, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. and Santander US Capital Markets LLC; |
| (vi) | the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated February 5, 2025, including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Securities Act; |
1
| (vii) | the Prospectus Supplement, dated February 6, 2025, including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 6 of Form F-3 under the Securities Act; |
| (viii) | the bylaws of Embraer as approved by the Special Shareholders’ Meeting held on May 17, 2024; |
| (ix) | the minutes of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Embraer dated April 28, 2023 which, among other matters, recorded the shareholders’ approval of the election of the current members of Embraer’s Board of Directors; |
| (x) | the minutes of the meeting of Embraer’s Board of Directors held on May 5, 2023, which its current officers were appointed; and |
| (xi) | the minutes of the meeting of Embraer’s Board of Directors held on January 31, 2025 at which the issuance of Securities was approved. |
2. I have also examined the records, agreements, instruments and documents and made such investigations of law as I have deemed relevant or necessary as the basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. I have also assumed that: (i) no provision of the Indenture and of the Securities conflicts with the laws of any jurisdiction (other than Brazil); and (ii) the Indenture and the Securities have been duly authorized pursuant to applicable law (other than Brazilian law).
3. I have also assumed without any independent investigation or verification of any kind the validity, legality, binding effect and enforceability of the Indenture and the Securities under the laws of the State of New York.
4. I have further assumed that: (i) all Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with all applicable laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the Indenture; and (ii) the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by all parties thereto (other than Embraer). Furthermore, I have assumed (a) the due organization and valid existence of all parties (other than Embraer) to the Indenture under the laws of the countries of their respective incorporation; (b) the Indenture and the Securities have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto (other than Embraer); and (c) that the performance thereof is within the capacity and powers of the parties thereto (other than Embraer).
5. Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, I am of the opinion that:
| (i) | Embraer is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Brazil; |
2
| (ii) | each of the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Embraer and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Embraer, enforceable against Embraer in accordance with its terms; and |
| (iii) | the Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Embraer and, when the Notes are executed and authenticated as provided in the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the Guarantee will have been duly issued and will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of Embraer, enforceable against Embraer in accordance with its terms. |
6. The foregoing opinions are subject to the following qualifications:
| (i) | to ensure the enforceability or the admissibility in evidence of the Indenture, the Securities and any other document required by any Brazilian court to be furnished: (a) the signatures of the parties thereto and to any other document that may be deemed to be or become a part of such agreement, if executed outside Brazil, shall have been notarized by a local public notary and certified in the form established in the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961; and (b) the document shall have been translated into Portuguese by a sworn translator, which signature must be notarized, and (c) the document jointly with the respective sworn translation shall have been registered with the appropriate registry of deeds and documents upon its due execution and delivery in accordance with the procedures above. Such translation and registration may be effected immediately prior to any such enforcement or presentation; |
| (ii) | any judgment against Embraer in any of the non-Brazilian courts mentioned in the Indenture and the Securities arising out of or in relation to the obligations of Embraer under the Indenture and the Securities may be enforced in the courts of Brazil, without reconsideration of the merits, if previously confirmed by the Superior Court of Justice (Superior Tribunal de Justiça) of Brazil; and confirmation would be given if such judgment (a) is for a payment of a sum certain, (b) fulfills all formalities required for its enforceability under the laws of the country where it was issued, (c) was issued by a competent court after proper service of process on Embraer or after sufficient evidence of Embraer´s absence has been given, as required under applicable law, (d) is not subject to appeal, (e) was authenticated whether by the Brazilian Consulate or submitted to apostille (in accordance with Hague Convention) in the country in which it was issued and is accompanied by a translation into Portuguese by a certified sworn translator, which signature must be notarized by a notary public and (f) is not contrary to Brazilian national sovereignty, public policy or good morals. Notwithstanding, a preliminary order based on urgency may be enforced in the courts of Brazil, in accordance with the Article 962 of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code; |
3
| (iii) | in case of court proceedings filed against Embraer in Brazil, certain court costs and deposits to guarantee judgment might become due and any Brazilian or foreign plaintiff not resident in Brazil or who is abroad during the course of a legal proceeding will be required to make cash deposits as security for process costs and for third party attorney’s fees, should such plaintiff not have any real property in Brazil to assure payment thereof, in accordance with Article 83 of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code, except in case of enforcement proceedings based on certain non-disputable documents as determined by the court, counterclaims and when it is expressly dismissed by an international agreement signed by Brazil, as established under Article 83, §1º, II and III of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code; |
| (iv) | in the event that any suit is brought against Embraer, service of process upon it, if made in Brazil (including, but not limited to, by means of registered or certified mail, postage prepaid), must be effected in accordance with Brazilian law; |
| (v) | any remittance of foreign currency by Embraer in order to fulfill any payment obligations under the Indenture and the Securities shall comply with Brazilian Central Bank regulations then in effect, provided, however, that the Brazilian Central Bank, under its authority to monitor the Brazilian foreign exchange market and the transactions carried out thereunder, determined that Brazilian banks shall take any and all acts deemed necessary for the analysis of the legality and legitimacy of such intended foreign exchange transactions and, therefore, the remittance of funds under the Indenture and the Securities shall be subject to the analysis and acceptance to be given by the Brazilian bank that would execute the relevant foreign exchange transaction; |
| (vii) | certain payments in U.S. dollars by Embraer in connection with the Indenture or the Securities may be subject to Embraer obtaining the applicable authorization of the Central Bank of Brazil for remittance thereof; |
| (vi) | any provisions of the Indenture and of the Securities providing that any specification or determination will be conclusive and binding will not be conclusive and binding if such calculation or determination is fraudulent and will not necessarily prevent judicial inquiry into the merits of any claim by an aggrieved party; |
| (vii) | my opinion as to the binding effect and enforceability of the obligations of Embraer under the Indenture and the Securities is subject to all limitations arising from (a) bankruptcy, court-supervised corporate reorganization, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, liquidation, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the creditors’ rights generally; (b) possible unavailability of specific performance, summary judgment or injunctive relief (pursuant to the Law No. 13,105, dated March 16, 2015, as amended (“Brazilian Civil Procedure Code”)), and (c) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, such as contractual conditions, providing that a certain act or fact shall be determined solely by one party (condição potestativa). Certain claims, such as claims for salaries, wages, social security, taxes, and other statutorily preferred claims, will have preference over any other claims; |
4
| (viii) | the principles of Brazilian law that govern the nullity of the acts and obligations are considered principles of public policy and cannot be altered or waived by the parties thereto. Under Brazilian law, a guarantee is considered an accessory obligation to the underlying or principal obligation and Brazilian law establishes that the nullity of the principal obligation causes the nullity of the accessory obligation. Therefore, a judgment obtained in a court outside Brazil against a guarantor for enforcement of a guarantee in respect of obligations that have been considered null, may not be confirmed by the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil; |
| (ix) | under Brazilian law, a person may not waive or relinquish its right to submit a claim to the courts or be deprived of its property without due process; therefore, any waivers by Embraer with respect to its respective rights and any waivers to assert a claim may not be enforced by a Brazilian court of law; |
| (x) | in accordance with Sections 832, 833 and 834 of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code, certain properties, assets and revenues of Brazilian individuals are subject to immunity from, or restrictions to, suit, execution and attachment. Such properties, assets and revenues include, inter alia, assets that have restraints on their alienation, life insurance policies, the dwelling of the individual, certain personal property, small rural properties (provided that such property is the only one owned by the individual), salaries of civil servants and pension payments; and |
| (xi) | any judgment obtained or enforced against Embraer in a Brazilian court of law by a non-Brazilian resident in respect of any sum payable by Embraer under the Indenture and the Securities will be expressed in Brazilian currency, equivalent to the applicable amount of United States dollars converted at the commercial exchange rate of the date on which such judgment is obtained or on the date of the lawsuit filing and updated according to the index indicated by the court until the effective payment date. |
7. I express no opinion as to any agreement, instrument or other document other than as specified in this letter.
8. I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to me in the prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement under the captions “Enforcement of Civil Liabilities” and “Legal Matters” and in any prospectus supplements related thereto under the caption “Legal Matters” as general counsel for Embraer.
9. I am qualified to practice law in Brazil only, and I do not express any opinion in respect of any laws of any other jurisdiction. This opinion is based upon and limited in all respects to the law applicable in Brazil as presently published, existing and in force.
5
10. I expressly disclaim any responsibility to advise you or any other person who is permitted to rely on the opinions expressed herein as specified above of any development or circumstance of any kind including any change of law or fact that may occur after the date of this letter even though such development, circumstance or change may affect the legal analysis, a legal conclusion or any other matter set forth in or relating to this letter. Accordingly, any person relying on this letter at any time should seek advice of its counsel as to the proper application of this letter at such time. This opinion may be relied upon, as of the date rendered, only by you and no other person may rely upon this opinion without my prior written consent.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Thalita Alfano Sulas Grandis |
| Thalita Alfano Sulas Grandis |
| General Counsel |
6
Exhibit 5.2
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 4100 | São Paulo, SP 04538-132 Brazil
T: 55.11.3927.7702
tstirnberg@milbank.com
February 11, 2025
Embraer S.A.
Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima,
2170 12227-901 São José dos Campos, São Paulo
Brazil
Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V.
Jachthavenweg 109 C
1081 KM, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as United States counsel to Embraer S.A., a corporation (sociedade por ações) organized under the laws of Brazil (“Embraer”) and Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V., a private company with limited liability organized and existing under the laws of the Netherlands (“Embraer Finance” and together with Embraer, the “Embraer Companies”), in connection with the offer and sale of US$650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.980% notes due 2035 (the “Notes”) issued by Embraer Finance and unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Embraer (the “Guarantee”), pursuant to the terms of an indenture, dated as of February 11, 2025, among Embraer Finance, Embraer and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of February 11, 2025 (together, the “Indenture”). The Notes, together with the Guarantee, are referred to as the “Securities.”
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined certificates of public officials and certificates of officers of the Embraer Companies, and the originals (or copies thereof, certified to our satisfaction) of such corporate documents and records of the Embraer Companies and the Trustee, and such other documents, records and papers as we have deemed relevant in order to give the opinions hereinafter set forth, including, without limitation, the following: (i) the registration statement on Form F-3 (the “Registration Statement”), File Nos. 333-284698 and 333-284698-01, filed on February 5, 2025 by the Embraer Companies under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”); (ii) the prospectus dated February 5, 2025; (iii) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated February 5, 2025 relating to the Securities; (iv) the prospectus supplement dated February 6, 2025 relating to the Securities; (v) the Indenture; and (vi) the underwriting agreement, dated February 6, 2025 among Embraer Finance, Embraer and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. and Santander US Capital Markets LLC. The Securities, together with the Indenture, are referred to as the “Securities Documents.”
In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as electronic, facsimile, certified, conformed or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Embraer Companies.
We have assumed further that each of the Embraer Companies (1) has been duly organized and is validly existing under the law of the jurisdiction in which it was organized; (2) has the full power and authority to enter into the Securities Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder; and (3) will have duly authorized, executed and delivered such Securities Documents to which it is a party in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which it was organized.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, and having regard to legal considerations we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that (assuming the due authentication of the Notes by the Trustee):
| (1) | The Notes constitute valid and binding obligations of Embraer Finance, enforceable against Embraer Finance in accordance with their terms. |
| (2) | The Guarantee issued under the Indenture constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Embraer, enforceable against Embraer in accordance with its terms. |
The opinions expressed above with respect to validity, binding effect and enforceability (a) are subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and, (ii) as to rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder, may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.
We express no opinion as to (i) Section 1.14 of the Indenture, to the extent that such provision purports to confer the subject matter jurisdiction of any New York state or U.S. federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York to adjudicate any controversy related to such document, (ii) the enforceability of the waiver of inconvenient forum set forth in Section 1.14 of the Indenture with respect to proceedings in any New York state or U.S. federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York insofar as a court may consider an objection that such court is an inconvenient forum and (iii) the choice of governing law to the extent that the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such provision is to be determined by any court other than a New York state or U.S. federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and applying the law of the state of New York.
We do not express or purport to express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States. Accordingly, as to all matters governed by the laws of Brazil or The Netherlands involved in our opinions and the other matters set forth above, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon the opinion of Embraer’s general counsel and of the law firm Loyens & Loeff N.V., respectively, dated the date hereof, which opinions are being delivered to you concurrently herewith.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the SEC as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement and in any prospectus supplements related thereto under the heading “Legal Matters,” as applicable, as counsel for Embraer and Embraer Finance who have passed on the validity of the Securities being registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. We assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed herein.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Milbank LLP |
2
Exhibit 5.3
|
POSTAL ADDRESS | P.O. Box 71170 1008 BD AMSTERDAM P.O. Box 2888 3000 CW ROTTERDAM | ||
| OFFICE ADDRESS | Parnassusweg 300 1081 LC AMSTERDAM Blaak 31 3011 GA ROTTERDAM The Netherlands | |||
| INTERNET | www.loyensloeff.com | |||
| To: Each party (Opinion Addressee) listed in Schedule 1 (Opinion addressees) |
| RE | Dutch law legal opinion – Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V. – Issue of USD 650,000,000 5.980% notes due 2035 | |
| REFERENCE | ||
| DATE | 11 February 2025 |
| 1 | INTRODUCTION |
We have acted as special counsel on certain matters of Dutch law to the Opinion Party, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents.
| 2 | DEFINITIONS |
| 2.1 | Capitalised terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in the Schedules to this opinion letter. |
| 2.2 | In this opinion letter: |
Articles means the articles of association listed in paragraph 2.2 (Constitutional documents) of Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents).
Board Resolution means the document listed in paragraph 2.3 (Board resolution) of Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents).
Deed of Incorporation means the deed of incorporation listed in paragraph 2.2 (Constitutional documents) of Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents).
Excerpt means the document listed in paragraph 2.1 (Excerpt) of Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents).
Form F-3 means the document listed in paragraph 3.1 (Form F-3) of Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents).
Global Notes means any document listed in paragraph 3.3 (Global notes) of Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents)
| The public limited liability company Loyens & Loeff N.V. is established in Rotterdam and is registered with the Trade Register of the Chamber of Commerce under number 24370566.
AMSTERDAM • BRUSSELS • • LONDON • LUXEMBOURG • NEW YORK • PARIS • ROTTERDAM • • TOKYO • ZURICH |
1/14
Notes means the USD $650,000,000 5.980% notes due 2035, issued by the Opinion Party and unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Embraer S.A., represented by the Global Notes.
Opinion Document means any document listed in paragraph 1 (Opinion documents) of Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents).
Opinion Party means Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V., registered with the Trade Register under number 63376431.
Prospectus Supplement means the document listed in paragraph 3.2 (Prospectus supplement) of Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents).
Registration Statement means the registration statement on Form F-3, filed with the SEC on 5 February 2025.
Relevant Date means the date of the Resolutions, the date of the Opinion Documents, the date of the Global Notes and the date of this opinion letter.
Resolutions means the Board Resolution and the Supervisory Board Resolution.
SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the U.S.Securities Act of 1933.
Supervisory Board Resolution means the document listed in paragraph 2.4 (Supervisory board resolution) of Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents).
Trade Register means the trade register of the Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands.
| 3 | SCOPE OF INQUIRY |
| 3.1 | For the purpose of rendering this opinion letter, we have only examined and relied upon electronically transmitted copies of the executed Opinion Documents, Global Notes and the other documents listed in Schedule 2 (Reviewed documents). |
| 3.2 | We have not reviewed and express no opinion on any document incorporated by reference or referred to in the Opinion Documents other than the documents referred to in paragraph 3.1. |
| 3.3 | We have undertaken the following checks (the Checks) at the date of this opinion letter: |
| (a) | an inquiry at the Trade Register, confirming that no relevant changes were registered compared to the contents of the Excerpt; and |
| (b) | an inquiry at the Central Insolvency Register (Centraal Insolventieregister) confirming that the Opinion Party is not listed with the Central Insolvency Register and not listed on the EU Registrations list with the Central Insolvency Register. |
2/14
| 4 | NATURE OF OPINION |
| 4.1 | We only express an opinion on matters of Dutch law and the law of the European Union, to the extent directly applicable in the Netherlands, in force on the date of this opinion letter, excluding unpublished case law, all as interpreted by Dutch courts and the European Court of Justice. We do not express an opinion on tax law, competition law, sanction laws and financial assistance. The terms “the Netherlands” and “Dutch” in this opinion letter refer solely to the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
| 4.2 | Our opinion is strictly limited to the matters stated herein. We do not express any opinion on matters of fact, on the commercial and other non-legal aspects of the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents and on any representations, warranties or other information included in the Opinion Documents and any other document examined in connection with this opinion letter, except as expressly stated in this opinion letter. |
| 4.3 | In this opinion letter Dutch legal concepts are sometimes expressed in English terms and not in their original Dutch terms. The concepts concerned may not be identical to the concepts described by the same English term as they exist under the laws of other jurisdictions. For the purpose of tax law a term may have a different meaning than for the purpose of other areas of Dutch law. |
| 4.4 | This opinion letter may only be relied upon under the express condition that any issue of interpretation or liability arising hereunder will be governed by Dutch law and be brought exclusively before the competent court in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. |
| 4.5 | This opinion letter is issued by Loyens & Loeff N.V. and may only be relied upon under the express condition that any liability of Loyens & Loeff N.V. is limited to the amount paid out under its professional liability insurance policies. Individuals or legal entities that are involved in the services provided by or on behalf of Loyens & Loeff N.V. cannot be held liable in any manner whatsoever. |
| 5 | OPINIONS |
The opinions expressed in this paragraph 5 (Opinions) should be read in conjunction with the assumptions set out in Schedule 3 (Assumptions) and the qualifications set out in Schedule 4 (Qualifications). On the basis of these assumptions and subject to these qualifications and any factual matters or information not disclosed to us in the course of our investigation, we are of the opinion that as at the date of this opinion letter:
| 5.1 | Corporate status |
The Opinion Party has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid (private limited liability company) under Dutch law.
3/14
| 5.2 | No insolvency |
Based solely on the Excerpt and the Checks, the Opinion Party has not been granted a suspension of payments (surseance verleend), declared bankrupt (failliet verklaard) or subjected to a public composition proceeding (openbaar onderhands akkoord) by a Dutch court.
| 5.3 | Corporate power |
The Opinion Party has the corporate power to execute the Opinion Documents and the Global Notes, to offer and issue the Notes, and to perform its obligations thereunder.
| 5.4 | Due authorisation |
The Opinion Party has duly authorised with all requisite corporate action the execution of the Opinion Documents and the Global Notes and the offering and issuing of the Notes.
| 5.5 | Due execution |
The Opinion Party has duly executed the Opinion Documents and the Global Notes.
| 5.6 | No violation of Articles and law |
The execution by the Opinion Party of the Opinion Documents and the Global Notes, and the offering and issue by the Opinion Party of the Notes and the performance by the Opinion Party of its obligations thereunder do not result in a violation of its Articles or of the provisions of any published law, rule or regulation of general application of the Netherlands which would affect the validity or enforceability of the Opinion Documents and the Notes.
| 5.7 | Choice of law |
The choice of law as contained in the Opinion Documents and the Global Notes is valid and binding under Dutch law.
| 5.8 | Submission to jurisdiction |
The submission to the jurisdiction of the courts as contained in the Opinion Documents and the Global Notes is recognised under Dutch law.
| 5.9 | Enforcement of court decision |
In the absence of an applicable treaty, a judgment rendered by a U.S. federal or New York State court (a Non-Treaty Court) will not be enforced by the courts in the Netherlands. In order to obtain a judgment which is enforceable in the Netherlands the claim must be relitigated before a competent Dutch court. A Dutch court will, under current practice, generally grant the same judgment without relitigation on the merits if (a) that judgment results from proceedings compatible with the Dutch concept of due process, (b) that judgment does not contravene public policy (openbare orde) of the Netherlands, (c) the jurisdiction of a Non-Treaty Court has been based on an internationally acceptable ground
4/14
and (d) the judgment by a Non-Treaty Court is not incompatible with a judgment rendered between the same parties by a Dutch court, or with an earlier judgment rendered between the same parties by a non-Dutch court in a dispute that concerns the same subject and is based on the same cause, provided that the earlier judgment qualifies for recognition in the Netherlands.
| 5.10 | Consents |
No approval, authorisation or other action by, or filing with, any Dutch governmental, regulatory or supervisory authority or body, is required in connection with (a) the execution by the Opinion Party of the Opinion Documents and the Global Notes, (b) the offering and issue by the Opinion Party of the Notes and (c) the performance of its obligations thereunder.
| 6 | ADDRESSEES |
| 6.1 | This opinion is an exhibit to the Registration Statement and may be relied upon solely for the purpose of the registration of the Registration Statement in accordance with the Securities Act. It may not be supplied other than as an exhibit to (and therefore together with) the Registration Statement and may not be relied upon for any purpose other than the registration. |
| 6.2 | We consent to the filing of this opinion letter with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to Loyens & Loeff N.V. in the Registration Statement under the heading ‘Legal Matters’. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are a person whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or any rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. |
| Yours faithfully, |
| Loyens & Loeff N.V. |
| /s/ Loyens & Loeff N.V. |
5/14
Schedule 1
OPINION ADDRESSEES
| (1) | Embraer S.A. |
Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima 2170
São José dos Campos
São Paulo, 12227-901
Brazil
| (2) | Embraer Netherlands Finance B.V. |
Jachthavenweg 109 C
1081 KM Amsterdam
The Netherlands
6/14
Schedule 2
REVIEWED DOCUMENTS
| 1 | OPINION DOCUMENTS |
| 1.1 | A New York law governed underwriting agreement in respect of the Notes dated 6 February 2025 between, inter alios, the Opinion Party and the Underwriters (as defined therein). |
| 1.2 | A New York law governed indenture in respect of the Notes dated 11 February 2025 between the Opinion Party as issuer, Embraer S.A. as guarantor and the Bank of New York Mellon as trustee, registrar, transfer agent and paying agent (Base Indenture). |
| 1.3 | A New York law supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture dated 11 February 2025 between the Opinion Party as issuer, Embraer S.A. as guarantor and the Bank of New York Mellon as trustee, registrar, transfer agent and paying agent. |
| 2 | ORGANISATIONAL DOCUMENTS |
| 2.1 | Excerpt |
An excerpt of the registration of the Opinion Party dated 3 February 2025.
| 2.2 | Constitutional documents |
The deed of incorporation, including the articles of association of the Opinion Party, dated 22 May 2015.
| 2.3 | Board resolution |
The resolutions of the management board of the Opinion Party dated 5 February 2025 including a power of attorney to each member of the management board, acting independently.
| 2.4 | Supervisory board resolution |
The resolutions of the supervisory board of the Opinion Party dated 5 February 2025.
| 3 | MISCELLANEOUS |
| 3.1 | Form F-3 |
The Form F-3 Registration Statement under the US Securities Act of 1933 with the SEC, including the prospectus, as filed by Embraer S.A. and the Company dated 5 February 2025.
| 3.2 | Prospectus supplement |
| 3.2.1 | The preliminary prospectus supplement with respect to the Notes dated 5 February 2025 (the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement). |
7/14
| 3.2.2 | A pricing term sheet with respect to the Notes dated 6 February 2025, as a supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. |
| 3.2.3 | The final prospectus supplement with respect to the Notes dated 6 February 2025 (the Final Prospectus Supplement). |
| 3.3 | Global Notes |
| 3.3.1 | A New York law global note No. 1 in respect of the Notes dated 11 February 2025 executed by the Opinion Party as issuer. |
| 3.3.2 | A New York law global note No. 2 in respect of the Notes dated 11 February 2025 executed by the Opinion Party as issuer. |
8/14
Schedule 3
ASSUMPTIONS
The opinions in this opinion letter are subject to the following assumptions:
| 1 | Documents |
| 1.1 | All original documents are authentic, all signatures (whether handwritten or electronic) are genuine and were inserted or agreed to be inserted by the relevant individual, and all copies are complete and conform to the originals. |
| 1.2 | All documents and the legal acts contained therein are accurate, complete, unmodified and not terminated (unless modified by any other document reviewed for the purposes of this opinion letter). |
| 1.3 | Each notarial deed is a valid notarial deed. |
| 2 | Incorporation, existence and corporate power |
The Opinion Party has not been dissolved, merged involving the Opinion Party as disappearing entity, demerged, converted, terminated, granted a suspension of payments, declared bankrupt, subjected to any other insolvency proceedings or prohibited within the meaning of Section 2:20 (4) of the Dutch Civil Code (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the contents of the Resolutions, the Checks and the Excerpt.
| 3 | Corporate authorisations |
| 3.1 | The Resolutions have been made with due observance of the Articles and any applicable board regulations. |
| 3.2 | No member of the management board of the Opinion Party has a direct or indirect personal interest which conflicts with the interest of the Opinion Party or its business in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents and the offering and issue of the Notes (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the contents of its Board Resolution). |
| 3.3 | No member of the supervisory board of the Opinion Party has a direct or indirect personal interest which conflicts with the interest of the Opinion Party or its business in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents and the offering and issue of the Notes (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the contents of its Supervisory Board Resolution). |
| 3.4 | The Opinion Party has not established, has not been requested to establish, nor is in the process of establishing any works council (ondernemingsraad) and there is no works council, which has jurisdiction over the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents (although not constituting conclusive evidence thereof, this assumption is supported by the contents of the Board Resolution). |
9/14
| 4 | Execution |
| 4.1 | The authority of the attorney (gevolmachtigde) to enter into the Opinion Documents and the Global Notes on behalf of the Opinion Party will not be affected by any rule of law (other than Dutch law) which under The Hague Convention on Agency 1978 applies or may be applied. |
| 5 | Other parties |
| 5.1 | Each party to the Opinion Documents, other than the Opinion Party, is validly existing under the laws by which it is purported to be governed. |
| 5.2 | Each party to the Opinion Documents, other than the Opinion Party, has all requisite power and capacity (corporate and otherwise) to execute and to perform its obligations under the Opinion Documents and each Opinion Document has been duly authorised, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the parties thereto other than the Opinion Party. |
| 6 | Validity |
| 6.1 | Under any applicable laws (other than Dutch law): |
| (a) | each Opinion Document and the Notes constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, and are enforceable against those parties in accordance with their terms; and |
| (b) | the choice of law and submission to jurisdiction made in each Opinion Document and in the terms and conditions of the Notes are valid and binding. |
| 6.2 | The terms and conditions of the Notes will not be affected by any rule of law which applies or may be applied to obligations arising under bills of exchange, cheques, promissory notes and other negotiable instruments. |
| 7 | Regulatory |
| 7.1 | The Opinion Party complies with the requirements to benefit from Section 3:2 of the Act on financial supervision (Wet op het financieel toezicht). |
| 7.2 | Each offer of the Notes and any and all invitations, offers, advertisements, publications and other documents in which the offer of the Notes is announced, have been made in conformity with the provisions of the Opinion Documents, the Form F-3 and the Prospectus Supplement, the selling restrictions and, if applicable, the exemption wording contained therein. |
10/14
| 7.3 | The Opinion Party does not use inside information, within the meaning of Sections 7, 8 and 14 the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 on the date of the execution of the Opinion Document or on the date of the performance of its obligations thereunder or on the date of the issuance or disposal of the Notes. |
| 7.4 | The transactions contemplated in the Opinion Document do not constitute the stabilisation or manipulation of the price of the Notes as prohibited under Section 15 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014. |
11/14
Schedule 4
QUALIFICATIONS
The opinions in this opinion letter are subject to the following qualifications:
| 1 | Insolvency |
The opinions expressed herein may be affected or limited by the provisions of any applicable bankruptcy, suspension of payments, statutory composition proceeding, any intervention, recovery or resolution measure, other insolvency proceedings and fraudulent conveyance (actio Pauliana) and other laws of general application now or hereafter in effect, relating to or affecting the enforcement or protection of creditors’ rights.
| 2 | Enforceability |
| 2.1 | The applicable law of an agreement governs the legality, validity and enforceability of an agreement. Subject to the legality, validity and enforceability under the applicable law, as a result of the due execution of an agreement by a Dutch person, the obligations contained in such agreement become binding upon and enforceable against such Dutch person. |
| 2.2 | A Dutch legal entity may invoke the nullity of a transaction if the transaction is not within the objects of such legal entity and the other parties to the transaction knew, or without independent investigation, should have known, that such objects were exceeded. In determining whether a transaction is within the objects of a legal entity all relevant circumstances should be taken into account, including the wording of the objects clause of the articles of association and the level of (direct or indirect) benefit derived by the legal entity. |
| 3 | Accuracy of Excerpt |
A Trade Register excerpt does not provide conclusive evidence that the facts set out therein are correct and complete. However, subject to limited exceptions, a company cannot invoke the incorrectness or incompleteness of its trade register registration against third parties who were unaware thereof.
| 4 | Incorporation, existence and corporate power |
| 4.1 | The information obtained from the Checks does not provide conclusive evidence that a company has not been granted a suspension of payments or declared bankrupt by a Dutch court nor does it provide any information regarding any other insolvency proceedings. |
| 4.2 | Any dissolution, merger, demerger or conversion involving a company must be notified to the Trade Register. However, proper registration is not a condition for a dissolution, merger, demerger or conversion to be effective. Therefore, the contents of a Trade Register excerpt do not provide conclusive evidence that a company has not been dissolved, merged, demerged or converted. |
12/14
| 5 | Powers of attorney |
| 5.1 | Each power of attorney or mandate to which Dutch law is applicable, whether or not irrevocable, will terminate by force of law without notice, upon bankruptcy, and will cease to be effective in case of a suspension of payments or in the event of an intervention, recovery or resolution measure. To the extent that the appointment of a process agent would be deemed to constitute a power of attorney or a mandate, this qualification would apply. |
| 5.2 | A power of attorney to which Dutch law is applicable can be made irrevocable, provided that the scope of the power of attorney concerns legal acts which are in the interest of the attorney or a third party. A power of attorney does not affect the authority of the principal to perform actions within the scope of such power of attorney itself. |
| 5.3 | A person is entitled to elect a domicile which is different from its physical or real domicile, if certain conditions are met. However, we are not aware of any case law confirming that, for the purpose of service of process, a domicile located outside the Netherlands may be elected. In the event of initiating legal proceedings against a person domiciled in the Netherlands, we recommend that service of process is also effected upon it at its domicile in the Netherlands. |
| 6 | Dutch court proceedings |
| 6.1 | A Dutch court may apply provisions of law other than the law chosen by the parties, pursuant to and subject to the limitations under the EC Regulation (593/2008) on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) and the EC Regulation (864/2007) on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II). |
| 6.2 | Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a Dutch competent court may assume jurisdiction in summary proceedings (kort geding) if provisional measures are required in view of the interest of the parties. A Dutch court has the power or obligation to stay proceedings or decline jurisdiction if prior concurrent proceedings have been brought elsewhere. |
| 6.3 | Specific performance may not always be available. |
| 6.4 | Any provision in an agreement permitting concurrent proceedings to be brought in different jurisdictions may not be enforceable. |
| 6.5 | It is uncertain whether upon the enforcement of a money judgment expressed in a non-Dutch currency against assets situated in the Netherlands by way of an enforcement sale (executoriale verkoop), proceeds can be obtained in such non-Dutch currency. |
| 6.6 | If an action is instituted in the Netherlands for payment of a sum of money expressed in a non-Dutch currency, the claimant has the option to request a Dutch court to render judgment either in the lawful currency of the Netherlands or such non-Dutch currency. An enforceable judgment in a non-Dutch currency may be enforced in the Netherlands either in such non-Dutch currency or, if enforcement purposes would so require, in the lawful currency of the Netherlands. In either case, the applicable rate of exchange is the rate of exchange at which the claimant can purchase the sum payable in the non-Dutch currency without delay. |
13/14
| 7 | Regulatory |
Any dealer, arranger, selling agent or other person providing investment services in the Netherlands within the meaning of Section 2:96 of the Act on financial supervision (Wet op het financieel toezicht) must either be licensed or exempt under the Act on financial supervision.
14/14